- ...hond rond gefeng,
geolwe linde,
gomel swyrd geteah, þæt wæs mid
eldum Eanmundes laf, suna Ohteres, þam æt sæcce wearð
wracu wine-leasum Weohstanes...
- Him big stódan
bunan ond
orcas discas lágon ond dýre
swyrd ómige þurhetone swá híe wið eorðan fæðm þúsend
wintra þaér eardodon, þonne wæs þæt yrfe éacencræftig...
- nam on Ongenðio irenbyrnan,
looted Ongentheow's iron mail-coat,
heard swyrd hilted ond his helm somod, his hard sword-hilt, his
helmet too, hares...
-
after the voivode. Ælfric of
Eynsham glosses spatharius as "sword-bearer": "
swyrd-bora. Id est, Ensifer." In the 12th century, the
Milites Ordinis Militaris...
