Excerpt from Traveller Mailing List (TML): Traveller-digest Tuesday, June 30 1998 Volume 1998 : Number 615 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 05:25:59 +0200 (METDST) From: Hans Rancke-Madsen <-- redacted --> Subject: Re: Swor World names OK, I've spent a few hours browsing the net for sword names. Here is my revised file of sword names. Here is a list of sword names with a short note about each. An '*' denotes a name used for one of the Traveller universe Sword Worlds. I found a lot of sword names in _The Dictionary of Phrase and Fable_ by E. Cobham Brewer. A lot of the owners are unknown to me, so don't ask me who Frithiof or Hieme are. Al Battar ('The Beater'), one of Mahomet's swords. *Anduril Sword of Aragorn, reforged from the shards of Narsil. Angurva ('Stream of Anguish), Frithiof's sword. Aroundight The sword of Launcelot of the Lake. Balisarda Rogero's sword, made by a sorceress. Balmung One of the swords of Siegfried, made by Wieland, ``the divine blacksmith.'' Baptism One of the swords of Strong-i'-the-Arm, which took Ansias three years to make. *Beater Orcish name for Glamdring. *Biter Orcish name for Orcrist. Blutgang ('Blood-fetcher'), Hieme's sword. Brinnig (Flaming), Hildebrand's sword. *Caladbolg Cuchulainn's sword? Caliburn Another name for Excalibur. Chrysaor (sword of gold, i.e. as good as gold). Artegal's sword. *Colada El Cid's sword? Corrougue Otuel's sword. Courtain (Short sword), one of the swords of Ogier the Dane, which took Munifican three years to make. Also spelled Curtana. Crocea Mors (Yellow Death), Caesar's sword. Curtana (Short sword) Sword of Edward the Confessor, one of the royal swords of England, used in the coronation ceremony. Mentioned by Saxo. Believed to have belonged to Tristam. Also an alter- nate spelling for Courtain. Curtana One of Piper's Sword Worlds. Dainslaf Sword I found somewhere but threw away the reference to :-(. Dhu' l Fakâr (The Trenchant), Mahomet's scimitar. Dragvendel Sword I found somewhere but threw away the reference to :-(. *Durendal Also spelled Durandal or Durandan. Roland's sword, which took Munifican three years to make. (Presently in the care of The Phantom ;-). Durandan or (The Inflexible), Orlando's sword. Durandana *Dyrnwyn The sword of Rhydderch the Generous. One of the thirteen treasures of the Island of Britain. *Enos World in the Sword Worlds subsector. May or may not be a sword name. *Excalibur Magic sword belonging to Arthur. Brewer claims it is the Sword in the Stone (_Ex cal[ce] liber[are]_ = to liberate from the stone.) GURPS Camelot claims it is the sword given to Arthur by the Lady of the Lake and that The Sword in the Stone is named Galatine. Excalibur is presently in the care of The Phantom ;-) Flamberge (or Floberge (2 syl., the flame-cutter), one of Charlemagne's swords, and also the sword of Rinaldo, which took Gallas three years to make. Also the generic name for a particular kind of two-handed sword. Charlemagne's other sword Joyeuse is supposedly a flamberge. Flamborge The sword of Maugis or Malagigi, made by Wieland, ``the divine blacksmith.'' Flammarion Imperial planet in Sword Worlds Subsector. Not necessarily a sword name. Florence One of the swords of Strong-i'-the-Arm, which took Ansias three years to make. Fusberta Joyosa Another name for Joyeuse. Galatine The Sword in the Stone. Drawn from the stone by Arthur and later given to Gawaine as a badge of office. Glamdring The sword of Gandalf. Glorious Oliver's sword, which hacked to pieces the nine swords made by Ansias, Galas, and Munifican. Graban (The Grave-digger), one of the swords of Strong-i'-the-Arm, which took Ansias three years to make. *Gram Given by Odin to Sigmund, Volsung's son. It broke many years later against Odin's spear. It was reforged and wielded by Sigmund's son Sigurd Fafnersbane. Gram (Grief), one of the swords of Siegfried. Greysteel The sword of Koll the Thrall. Grasscutter Another name for _Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi_. Gunn Imperial planet in Sword Worlds Subsector. Not necessarily a sword name. Haulteclere One of Piper's Sword Worlds. Haute-claire (Very Bright), both Closamont's and Oliver's swords were so called. Closamont's sword took Gallas three years to make. Halef (The Deadly), one of Mahomet's swords. *Hofud According to L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt this is the name of Freyr's sword that he gives to Skirnir. Freyr's sword is mentioned in every book about Norse mythology I've seen, but _The Incompleat Enchanter_ is the only place I've seen it named. According to GURPS:Vikings it is _Heimdal's_ sword. Hothing Agrar's sword. Mentioned by Saxo. *Hrunting Said to be the best of all swords. Lent to Beovulf by Ufred and used in the fight with Grendel's mother. Huiting One of Ragnald of Norway's swords (the other is Lyusing). Mentioned by Saxo. Isenfang Sword I found somewhere but threw away the reference to :-(. *Joyeuse (Joyous), one of Charlemagne's swords, which took Gallas three years to make. It is a flamberge (kind of two-handed sword). Kusanagi-no- "The Grasscutting Sword", the sword given by the KAMI to the Tsurugi rightful emperor of Japan. Laevateinn The Wounding Wand. Forged with runes by Loki at the gates of Niflheim. Lauf or Leaf Bearce's sword. Mentioned by Saxo. Lyusing One of Ragnald of Norway's swords (the other is Huiting). Mentioned by Saxo. Logthe Ole Siwardsson's sword. Medham (The Keen), one of Mahomet's swords Merveilleuse (The Marvellous), Doolin's sword. Mimming Magic sword obtained by the hero Hadding on a journey to the underworld. Mimung The sword that Wittich lent Siegfried. Mistelten In one story about Balder's death he is killed by a magic sword called Mistelten (Mistletoe) wielded by Mimming, rather than shot by Hoder with an arrow made of Misteltoe. Morglay (mor-glaif (big glaive)), the sword of Sir Bevis of Southampton. Nagelring (Nail-ring). Dietrich's sword. *Narsil The sword of Elendil, broken in his fight with Sauron. Nothung Siegfried's sword? *Orcrist The sword of Thorin Oakenshield. Philippan The sword of Marc Antony. Quern-biter (Foot-breadth), both Haco I. and Thoralf Skolinson had a sword so called. Sacho Eck's sword. *Sacnoth Leothric's sword from Dunsany's "The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth". Sansamha Haroun-al-Raschid's sword. Sanglamore (the big bloody glaive), Braggadochio's sword. Sauvagine (s syl., the relentless), one of the swords of Ogier the Dane, which took Munifican three years to make. Schrit or Schritt (? the lopper), Biterolf's sword. Sequence Alternate name for Galatine. Skraep or Belonged to the legendary Danish hero-king Vermund. Wielded Screp by Vermund's son Uffe the Meek in a duel with the son of a rival king and one of his henchmen for the Danish throne. Mentioned by Saxo. Snyrtir Bearce's sword. Mentioned by Saxo. *Sting Long knife wielded by Bilbo Baggins, Frodo Baggins, and Sam Gamgee. Svavasorm Sword I found somewhere but threw away the reference to :-(. Tizon or Tizona (the poker), One of the favorite swords of El Cid, taken by him from King Bucar. His other favorite sword was Colada. Tizon was buried with him. Tranchera (the trenchant), Agricane's sword. *Tyrfing Forged by two dwarfs for Svafrlami. Captured by Arngrim who killed Svarflami with it. Wielded by Arngrim's som Angantyr and buried with him. Given by the dead Angantyr to his daughter Hervor. Used by Hervor's son Heidrek to kill his brother Angantyr. Later wielded by Heidrek's son, yet another Angantyr. Waske (2 syl.), Iring's sword. Welsung Both Dietlieb and Sintram had a sword so called. Zuflagar Ali's sword. 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