- but
because of the hero's strength: Næġling forbærst, ġesƿác æt sæcce
sƿeord Bíoƿulfes,
gomol ond grǽgmǽl. Him þæt ġifeðe ne ƿæs þæt him írenna eċġe...
-
arming sword with crossguard. The word
sword continues the Old English,
sweord. The use of a
sword is
known as
swordsmanship or, in a
modern context, as...
- bunden,
hamere geþruen,
sweord swate fah swin ofer
helme ecgum dyhtig andweard scireð. Ða wæs on
healle heardecg togen sweord ofer setlum,
sidrand manig...
- Old
English Direct translation Free
translation Sweord sceal on bearme,
drihtlic isern.
Draca sceal on hlæwe, frod, frætwum wlanc. Fisc
sceal on wætere...
- bunden,
hamere geþruen,
sweord swate fah swin ofer
helme ecgum dyhtig andweard scireð. Ða wæs on
healle heardecg togen sweord ofer setlum,
sidrand manig...
- Old
English Hwæðer wēnst þū is māre, þē þīn
sweord þē mīn?
Translation Which one do you
think is bigger, your
sword or mine?...
-
where it had been lost. Namely,
those with the
suffixes -iġ or -līċ:
bisigu sweord ("busy swords" [nom. pl. neut.]), broðorlīcu lufu ("brotherly love" [nom...
-
early medieval military equipment." In Old English,
swords were
termed sweord,
although other terms used for such
weapons included heoru or heru, bill...
-
goldes þurh rūn‐stafas rihte gemearcod,
geseted and gesǣd, hwām þæt
sweord geworht, īrena cyst ǣrest wǣre, wreoþen‐hilt ond wyrm‐fāh." "On clear...
-
gyldan woldon gif him þyslicu þearf gelumpe,
helmas ond
heard sweord. ... I
recall that time,
where we
partook of mead, when we promised...
