- An
atgeir was a type of
polearm in use in
Viking Age
Scandinavia and
Norse colonies in the
British Isles and Iceland. The word
atgeirr is
older that the...
- was a
skilled archer, and in
close combat his
weapon of
choice was the
atgeir,
which scholars consider to have been a
halberd or
glaive of some sort....
- has an
atgeir which he had made by seething-spells; and this is what the
spells say, that no
weapon shall give him his death-blow save that
atgeir. That...
- translations, or the
original texts. Many of
these terms are
shown below. The
atgeir was a type of bill or halberd, from Old
Norse geirr, "spear". The atgeirr...
-
inlaid patterns. A
polearm known as the
atgeir is
mentioned in
several sagas of
Icelanders and
other literature.
Atgeir is
usually translated as "halberd"...
-
rather than a
cutting weapon, such as the
hewing spear (höggspjót) and the
atgeir.
While clearly identifiable artistic or
archaeological evidence of the form...
-
incorporated into Florø-Varg,
founded in 1929. In 1945 Florø-Varg
merged with
Atgeir, a worker's
football club
founded in 1931, to form Florø SK. Florø Stadion...
- weapons. Ahlspiess, awl pike (European)
Aklys (Osci
tribe of
Southern Italy)
Atgeir (European) Boar
spear (European) Brandistock,
feather staff, buttafuore...
- many
halberds were sent to
Iceland by
Royal edict. The halberd,
known as
atgeir or
arngeir in Icelandic,
became a
signature weapon of
Icelandic farmers...
- the
skill or
strength of the wielder. (Norse mythology) Gunnar's
Atgeir, Gunnar's
atgeir would make a
ringing sound or "sing" when it was
taken down in...
