sell-sword

sell-sword (plural sell-swords)

1. Alternative form of sellsword
   • 1977, Gardner Francis Fox, “Shadow of a Demon”, in The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 3, →ISBN, page 32:

     He was a mercenary, a sell-sword, a barbarian out of the forested mountains of Norumbria. A wanderer by nature, he earned his keep wherever he went by the might of his sword-arm, by his skill with weapons.

   • 1985, Mary Gentle, Golden Witchbreed, →ISBN, page 189:

     I'm a sell-sword. I make my living because I keep my word. Unreliable mercenaries don't get paid.

   • 2003, Lynn Abbey, "The Red Lucky", Thieves' World: Turning Points, Macmillan,, →ISBN, page 303:

     Bezul saw the sell-swords choose the doorway, not him, and somehow got in front of them, then desperation took control of his mind.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:sellsword.

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