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Tolkien devised several constructed languages with terms for types of weapons.. Sword: Noldorin Sindarin: magl, magol, [T 1] North Sindarin magor, [T 2] Quenya: makil, macil. [T 1] Specific types of sword were named lango (broad sword), eket, ecet (short sword), and lhang (cutlass, sword).
Seax: shortsword, knife or dagger of varying sizes typical of the Germanic peoples of the Migration Period and the Early Middle Ages, especially the Saxons, whose name derives from the weapon. Small sword; Spadroon; Stiletto; Viking sword or Carolingian sword: early medieval spatha; Zweihänder: 1500–1600 Germany
Oakeshott types. The Oakeshott typology is a way to define and catalogue the medieval sword based on physical form. It categorises the swords of the European Middle Ages (roughly 11th to 16th centuries [1]) into 13 main types, labelled X through XXII.
Colichemarde smallsword with a silver guard, 18th century. The abrupt narrowing of the blade, the defining feature of the colichemarde, is visible.
Gladius, an early ancient Roman thrusting shortsword for legionaries [36] Xiphos, a double-edged, single-hand blade used by the ancient Greeks; Certain Renaissance-era sidearms: Baselard, a late medieval heavy dagger; Cinquedea, a civilian long dagger; Dirk, the Scottish long dagger (biodag); Hanger or wood-knife, a type of hunting sword or ...
The Romans regarded the sica as a distinctive Illyrian weapon. The principal melee weapon of the Illyrians was the Sica. [6] According to historian John Wilkes: [7] Although a short curved sword was used by several peoples around the Mediterranean the Romans regarded the sica as a distinct Illyrian weapon used by the stealthy 'assassin' (sicarius)
Zirael (in Elder Speech: Swallow) is a sword given to Ciri by the blacksmith Esterhazy. Leo Bonhart, who enthralled Ciri, wanted to buy this sword for Ciri and make her fight in arenas. Zirael was a gwyhyr, which is a type of sword produced by gnomes. On the sword's blade is the elvish glyph Blathanna Caerme (in Elder Speech: Destiny Wreath).
The Viking Age sword (also Viking sword) or Carolingian sword is the type of sword prevalent in Western and Northern Europe during the Early Middle Ages.. The Viking Age or Carolingian-era sword developed in the 8th century from the Merovingian sword more specifically, the Frankish production of swords in the 6th to 7th century and during the 11th to 12th century in turn gave rise to the ...