Brown, G. Baldwin (Gerard Baldwin), 1849-1932, Webster, A. Blyth (Adam Blyth), 1882-1956, Sexton, Eric H. L. (Eric Hyde Lord), 1902-1980 · London, J. Murray · leaf 335
blade is of no great weight being only about1 in. broad, and the arm could easily have been wielded withone hand. It may be regarded as a fancy piece forged by aSaxon smith in imitation of the effective two-handed swordsknown on the Continent. In its slenderness it may illustrate thevariety already… … The scale applies approximately to all but 3, the length of which is 17 in.7, 2, Q, II, are Continental THE AXE 231 relics earlier than the Anglo-Saxon times it may not beGermanic, but it was included by the explorers in the Anglo-Saxon series. Another long-handled example comes fromPurton, Wilts,…
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