English

toadsticker

From toad + sticker.

A compound of toad + sticker

Old English tādiġe

Old English *tāde

Middle English tode ‘a toad’

English toad

English stick ‘to pierce, to be fastened, to adhere’

English sticker

Today it means

noun A sword or large knife.

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