Weapon is a Saxon word. Arm, in the sense of arms and armour and army, seems
to be the Latinate equivalent. But when I search my brain for a Saxon
equivalent for the appendage on our body I get only “arm.” Were Saxons
armless?
David Ritchie,
Portland, Oregon
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