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Dictionary > Sovrahzun

Word[?]
SOVR4ZUN Sovrahzun
Word Type[?]
noun
Pronunciation[?]
/ˈsov rə zun, sovˈrɑ zun/
Official Definition[?]

Mercenary
(POGGLE, p. 1097)

Expanded Definition[?]

n. mercenary

Usage[?]

Qethsegol vahrukiv Vulgrum fin Zahkrii ko fin Ven, sovrahzun wen moro lost maltiid, nuz ko vahrukt unslaad.
This stone commemorates Vulgrum the Sword in the Wind, the mercenary whose glory was brief, but in memory eternal.
(Word Wall for Ven, Cyclone)

Connotations[?]
No connotations to note.
Etymology[?]

From sov ‘to spend’ and zun ‘weapon’, possibly fashioned after the term ‘sellsword’, where sovrah is an unattested word that means ‘to sell’ or ‘to give for hire’.