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Senki ZesshÅ Symphogear, a Japanese anime television franchise animated by Satelight features an ancient relic in the form of a sword, named 'Dáinsleif'. Several games in the Castlevania series feature 'Dáinsleif' as a usable weapon. Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans The Dainsleif was introduced as a banned weapon of war. It was a ...
It is called "German" sword by Saxo because of a mistranslation of ON saxsverð that meant "short sword". [37] It had similar properties to the sword Tyrfing of Hervarar saga and to Dainsleif of the Prose Edda: [38] It could not be unsheathed without causing the death of a man, and it could only be drawn three times by the same owner. Moreover ...
A King's Sword. His name is found on king Högni's sword Dáinsleif ... It is laid with a curse which says it must always kill a man when it is drawn.
The Sword with the Red Hilt - used by Sir Balin, Sir Galahad, and Sir Lancelot. Any unworthy knight who wields it extensively is cursed to kill the man he loves most. Balin unknowingly kills his brother with it. The continuously bleeding lance which maimed the Fisher King is said to have dark powers.
A similar sword to Tyrfing is Dáinsleif, a sword from the legend of the eternal battle Hjaðningavíg, made by the dwarf Dáin. Like Tyrfing, Dainsleif gave wounds that never healed and could not be unsheathed without killing a man.
Further, in this oldest version Tyrfing did not accomplish the death of Svafrlami. Thus, Tolkien argues that the curse is a later elaboration, noting though the conflict with the "Awakening of Angantyr" in which the sword is clearly described as cursed. The curse on Tyrfing is comparable to that placed on the ring Andvaranaut in the Völsung Cycle.
The sword is a fine sword, and King Siggeir is covetous of it, offering Sigmund three times its weight in gold. When he refuses, King Siggeir grows angry and secretly begins plotting to steal it from Sigmund, eventually killing his father and capturing him and all of his brothers.
Sword of Surtr the flaming sword of the fire giant king Surtr which he uses to slay Freyr and cover the realms in fire at the end of Ragnarök, possibly the same as Freyr's sword. Tyrfing (also Tirfing or Tyrving ), the cursed sword of Svafrlami with a golden hilt that would never miss a stroke, would never rust and would cut through stone and ...