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The sword breaks while Beowulf fights the dragon at the end of the epic. [46] Refil Old Norse: Refill: Perhaps meaning "grater" or "strip". [47] A sword belonging to Regin in Skáldskaparmál. [48] He owns it just before Fafnir turns into a dragon, and flees with it. [48] Rose Middle High German: Rôse: MHG rôse ("rose"), indicating "the most ...
On 9 November 1707 he became the chief of Swedish service and head of a recruited German dragon regiment, set up by Henrik Vilhelm von Görtz. He participated in this campaign against Russia in 1707-09 but became a prisoner at Raschovka on 16 February 1709.
Urnes-style runestone U 887, Skillsta, Sweden, showing a runic dragon and a bipedal winged dragon.. Worms, wurms or wyrms (Old English: wyrm, Old Norse: ormʀ, Old High German: wurm), meaning serpent, are archaic terms for dragons (Old English: dracan, Old Norse: dreki, Old High German: trahho) in the wider Germanic mythology and folklore, in which they are often portrayed as large venomous ...
Five rows of dragon's teeth in the area of the Hotel Relais Königsberg; Bridge design of the five rows of dragon's teeth at the dam of the Dreilägerbach; Bunker for water supplies near Lammersdorf hunting lodge; Diverse visible remains of five rows of dragon's teeth between Lammersdorf and Monschau. Remains of a movable barrier near Lammersdorf
The field is red for the Field Artillery. The barrulets wavy symbolize the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean areas of service, with the North Star indicating Aleutian honors and the lindwurm (a German dragon) representing service in that theater. Crest
The Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Drache (English: Dragon [1]) was a helicopter developed by Germany during World War II. A single 750-kilowatt (1,010 hp) Bramo 323 radial engine powered two three-bladed 11.9-metre (39 ft) rotors mounted on twin booms on either side of the 12.2-metre-long (40 ft) cylindrical fuselage.
This list of military aircraft of Germany includes prototype, pre-production, and operational types. No distinction is drawn here between different services until 1991. In 1990, the various air arms of the former German Democratic Republic were absorbed by their counterparts in the Federal Republic of Germany.
The 22nd Panzer Division was a German Panzer Division in World War II. It was formed September 1941 in France. It was transferred to the southern sector of the Eastern Front in March 1942. The 22nd was the last Panzer Division to be issued with the Czech-built Panzer 38(t), which was considered under-gunned, under-armoured and obsolete by 1942.