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The Dane axe or long axe (including Danish axe and English long axe) is a type of European early medieval period two-handed battle axe with a very long shaft, around 0.9–1.2 metres (2 ft 11 in – 3 ft 11 in) at the low end to 1.5–1.7 metres (4 ft 11 in – 5 ft 7 in) or more at the long end. Sometimes called a broadaxe ( Old Norse ...
Bardiche. A bardiche / bɑːrˈdiːʃ /, berdiche, bardische, bardeche, or berdish is a type of polearm used from the 14th to 17th centuries in Europe. Ultimately a descendant of the medieval sparth axe or Dane axe, the bardiche proper appears around 1400, but there are numerous medieval manuscripts that depict very similar weapons beginning c ...
A swordstaff ( svärdstav) is a Scandinavian polearm, used in the Middle Ages. It is made by placing a blade at the end of a staff. [citation needed] Evidence of the weapon in use at the battle of Elfsborg ( Alvesborg) in 1502 is provided by Paul Dolnstein, [1] a landsknecht mercenary who fought in the battle, who refers to the Swedes carrying ...
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He finally swallowed 20 knives and a clasp knife case, but after a few days, he had only passed the case; he died after four years in pain. On autopsy, a knife blade and spring were found in his intestines, and between 30 and 40 fragments of metal, wood, and horn in his stomach. Victims of the London Beer Flood: 17 October 1814
A form of 'long axe'. Sparth axe. In the 13th century, variants on the Danish axe are seen. Described in English as a sparth (from the Old Norse sparðr) or pale-axe, the weapon featured a larger head with broader blade, the rearward part of the crescent sweeping up to contact (or even be attached to) the haft.
The larger forms were as long as a man and made to be used with both hands, called the Dane Axe. Some axe heads were inlaid with silver designs. In the later Viking era, there were axe heads with crescent shaped edges measuring up to 45 centimetres (18 in) called breiðöx . The double-bitted axes depicted in modern "Viking" art would have been ...
Charley Eugene Johns (27 February 1905–23 January 1990), 32nd governor of Florida. Member of Bradford Lodge No. 35, Starke, Florida. Kensey Johns, Sr. (14 June 1759–21 December 1848), jurist from Delaware; Andrew Johnson, U.S. president. Greenville Lodge No. 119, Tennessee.