battle-sword

He tried his old battle-sword — that famous blade with which, in

Burlesques 2006

He tried his old battle-sword — that famous blade with which, in

A Legend of the Rhine 2006

Havas dressed in a light simar and wearing his crown of rock-salt, from which there strayed two tresses of hair as twisted as the horns of Ammon; and Hamilcar in a violet tunic figured with gold vine branches, and with a battle-sword at his side.

Salammbo 2003

By main force he struck with his battle-sword so that it stuck in the head, driven in by the onslaught.

The Early Middle Ages 500-1000 Robert Brentano 1964

The half-line would then read, '_the battle-sword splendid_.'

Beowulf An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem Lesslie [Translator] Hall

Then the battle-sword burned, the brand that was lifted, [1]

Beowulf An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem Lesslie [Translator] Hall

E'en the battle-sword hafted that had to name Hrunting,

The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats Anonymous

But I could imagine, even then, that, under some excitement which should go deeply into his consciousness—roused by a trumpet-peal, loud enough to awaken all of his energies that were not dead, but only slumbering—he was yet capable of flinging off his infirmities like a sick man’s gown, dropping the staff of age to seize a battle-sword, and starting up once more a warrior.

The Custom-House. Introductory to “The Scarlet Letter” 1917

As Beowulf spoke, his men brought in the banner, the shield, the battle-sword, and the helmet.

Northland Heroes Florence Holbrook 1896

King Ring sits in his barrow, buckler on arm and battle-sword by his side.

Northland Heroes Florence Holbrook 1896