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 328
r the dagger is essentially atwo-edged pointed weapon meant for the thrust. The matterhas been somewhat complicated by the endeavour of somewriters to give a special name to a class of weapons verylike the scramasax but a little more slender. This is called Langsax by the Germans, and * coutelas by… … THE KNIFE 227 because this particular arm only makes its appearance towardsthe end of the 6th century.x We have therefore to distin-guish four different species of the same genus. 1. The knife pure and simple which was perhaps called seax by our forefathers and of which innumerable exampleshave…
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