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The Ulfberht swords are a group of about 170 medieval swords found primarily in Northern Europe, [3] [4] dated to the 9th to 11th centuries, ...
The beads may have been used for amuletic purposes—later Icelandic sagas reference swords with "healing stones" attached, and these stones may be the same as Anglo-Saxon beads. [46] The sword and scabbard were suspended from either a baldric on the shoulder or from a belt on the waist. The former method was evidently popular in early Anglo ...
It is comparable to the older, much better-documented Ulfberht group (9th to 11th century, about 170 known examples). By 1951, Ewart Oakeshott had originally identified thirteen such swords of this inscription, and had suggested that another, at Wisbech Museum , found in the river bed of the Old Nene in 1895, is also an Ingelrii ; supported by ...
He appears to bear the Ulfberht blade at his side. I am sure most will agree the likelihood of the sword in the image here being an Ulfberht is extremely high. Yet it remains unproven. The best lead can be seen on YouTube in 'RIDDLE OF STEEL: Secrets of the Viking Sword' that's all about the enigma of the Ulfberht, worn only by the warrior elite.
Just added a 'synthesis' tag to the Ulfberht section - it sounds like a book report on the NOVA TV special on the topic. Haven't found citations to this show, which would be good. Also the section could use some cleaning up - stuff like 'No other medieval sword could match up to an Ulfberht' needs to shown with a citation.
L'Anse aux Meadows (lit. ' Meadows Cove ') is an archaeological site, first excavated in the 1960s, of a Norse settlement dating to approximately 1,000 years ago. The site is located on the northernmost tip of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador near St. Anthony.
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Erik Thorvaldsson [a] (c. 950 – c. 1003), known as Erik the Red, was a Norse explorer, described in medieval and Icelandic saga sources as having founded the first European settlement in Greenland.