Sword names from history and fiction

One of the perks of premium membership in KnightFight is the ability to name your sword. Coming up with a good name for your sword may be hard, to help I'm compiling a list of historical sword names as well as names of swords from fantasy.

Al Battar (the beater), one of Mahomet's swords
Angurva (stream of anguish), Frithiof's sword
Aroundight (? Æron-diht), the sword of Launcelot of the Lake
Balisarda, Rogero's sword
Balmung, one of the swords of Siegfried
Baptism, one of the swords of Strong-i'-the-Arm
Blutgang (blood-fetcher), Hieme's sword
Brinnig (flaming), Hildebrand's sword.
Caliburn, Arthur's sword
Chrysaor (sword of gold, i.e. as good as gold). Artegal's sword
Colada, the Cid's sword
Corrougue, Otuel's sword
Courtain (the short sword), one of the swords of Ogier the Dane
Crocea Mors (yellow death), Caesar's sword
Curtana (? the short sword)
Dhu' l Fakâr (the trenchant), Mahomet's scimitar
Durandal, same as Durandan. Roland's sword
Durandan or Durandana (the inflexible), Orlando's sword
Dyrnwyn (the White Hilt), the sword of King Rhydderch Hael (Merlin's brother-in-law)
Escalibar or Excalibar, the sword of king Arthur. (Ex cal[ce]liber[are]. to liberate from the stone.)
Flamberge or Floberge (2 syl., the flame-cutter), one of Charlemagne's swords, and also the sword of Rinaldo
Flamborge, the sword of Maugis or Malagigi
Florence, one of the swords of Strong-i'-the-Arm
Fusberta Joyosa, another name for Joyeuse
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
Gram (grief), one of the swords of Siegfried
Greysteel, the sword of Koll the Thrall
Haute-claire (2 syl., very bright), both Closamont's and Oliver's swords were so called
Halef (the deadly), one of Mahomet's swords
Joyeuse (2 syl., joyous), one of Charlemagne's swords
Lang [Long One]
Leggbitr (leg biter)
Medham (the keen), one of Mahomet's swords
Merveilleuse (the marvellous), Doolin's sword
Mimung, the sword that Wittich lent Siegfried
Morglay, i.e. mor-glaif (big glaive), Sir Bevis's sword.
Nadr [Adder]
Nagelring (nail-ring). Dietrich's sword
Philippan. The sword of Antony, one of the triumvirs.
Quern-biter (Mill-stone Biter / splitter), both Haco I. and Thoralf Skolinson had a sword so called
Sacho, Eck's sword
Sansamha Haroun-al-Raschid's sword
Sanglamore (the big bloody glaive), Braggadochip's sword
Sauvagine (s syl., the relentless), one of the swords of Ogier the Dane
Schrit or Schritt (? the lopper), Biterolf's sword
Tizona (the poker), King Bucar's sword.
Tranchera (the trenchant), Agricane's sword
Waske (2 syl.), Iring's sword
Welsung, both Dietlieb and Sintram had a sword so called
Zuflagar, Ali's sword

Translated Names
A short list of translated names of swords:
the Battle-Fire
the Byrnie’s Fear
the Dog of the Helmet
the Fire of the Shields
Harmer of War-Knittings
the Ice of Battle
Odin’s Flame
the Sea-King’s Fire
Serpent of the Wound
Snake of the Byrnie
Tongue of the Scabbard
Torch of the Blood.

What's my sword's name? Aeco Soeri (Augmentor of pain)
more to follow as I get time

Thraven Ferekzy

My previous post in the old forum has got lost!!!

Thraven to the rescue!

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Stuff I found abt 1H and 2H swords
Single-handed
- Bronze Age swords, length ca. 60 cm, leaf shaped blade.

- Iron Age swords like the xiphos, gladius and jian 劍, similar in shape to their Bronze Age predecessors.

- Spatha, measuring ca. 80–90 cm.

- The classical arming sword of Medieval Europe, measuring up to ca. 110 cm.

- The late medieval Swiss baselard and the Renaissance Italian cinquedea and German Katzbalger essentially re-introduce the functionality of the spatha, coinciding with the strong cultural movement to emulate the Classical world.

- The cut & thrust swords of the Renaissance, similar to the older arming sword but balanced for increased thrusting.

- Light duelling swords, like the rapier and the smallsword, in use from Early Modern times.

- The Japanese short sword, or wakizashi

- The ida of the Yoruba tribe of West Africa. It can also be regarded as a two-handed sword.

- The Arabian scimitar, the similar Persian shamshir.

- The East Indian kris, with a wavy double-edged blade.

Two-handed
- Katana of the 16th or 17th Century, with its saya.The Japanese samurai sword, or katana, tachi and nodachi

- The longsword (and bastard sword/hand-and-a-half sword) of the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

- The 16th-century Doppelhänder or Zweihänder.

- The Chinese anti-cavalry sword, zhanmadao of the Song Dynasty.

- The Scottish Highland claymore, (or claidheamh mór-gàidhlig, great sword); in use until the 18th Century.

EDIT: Quote Wikipedia

part 1 of Angela's lost posts!

I'm a knight on a DARK horse!
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Also check this out.. So many swords from each area of origin.. !! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_swords

EDIT:Various kinds of mythological/legendary swords
- Arondight - Sword of Lancelot
- Attila the Hun's sword, which he claimed was the sword of Mars, the Roman god of war
- Caladbolg - Sword of Fergus mac Róich
- Chandrahas (Moon blade) - King Ravana's sword in the Indian epic Ramayana.
- Claíomh Solais - Sword of Nuada Airgeadlámh, legendary king of Ireland
- Crocea Mors - Sword of Julius Caesar
- Curtana - Sword of Ogier the Dane , a legendary Danish hero
- Durendal - Sword of Roland, one of Charlemagne's knights
- Excalibur/Caliburn/Caledflwch - Sword of King Arthur

- Fragarach - Sword of Manannan mac Lir and Lugh Lamfada
- Gram (Balmung) (Nothung) - Sword of Siegfried, hero of the Nibelungenlied
- Hauteclere - Sword of Olivier, a French hero depicted in the Song of Roland
- Hrunting - Sword of Beowulf
- Joyeuse - Sword of Charlemagne
- Kusanagi - Sword of Susanoo
- Shamshir-e Zomorrodnegar - Sword of King Solomon
- Tyrfing - Cursed sword that causes eventual death to its wielder and their kin
- Zulfiqar - Sword of prophet Muhammad and imam Ali ibn Abu Talib (prophet's cousin and son-in-law)

Quote wikipedia

Phew lol.. I was sure I couldn't reply to that post.. Thanks Thraven!!

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I like the Arondight it sounds cool

I like Crocea Mors, Fragarach and Blutgang a lot!

I still thinkArondight is better

Crocea Mors
Crocea Mors (Latin for "Yellow Death") was the name given to Julius Caesar's sword, according to the legends presented by Geoffrey of Monmouth. In Middle Welsh versions, it is called Angau Coch ("Red Death") or Agheu Glas ("Grey Death").

The British prince Nennius acquired it when, during single combat with Caesar, it got stuck in his shield. It killed everyone Nennius struck with it. Nennius died fifteen days after the battle of a head wound inflicted by Caesar, and the sword was buried with him

Fragarach
In Irish mythology, Fragarach, known as 'The Answerer' or 'The Retaliator' was the sword of Manannan mac Lir and Lugh Lamfada. Manannan wielded it as his weapon, before passing it on to Lugh (his foster son). It was said to be a weapon that no armour could stop.

Forged by the gods, it was given to Cúchulainn by Lugh, and later to Conn of the Hundred Battles

Fragarach also appears in the following:

Fragarach appears as a magic sword in the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & dragons role-playing game.

In Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, a low class sword bears the name Fragarach. It is said to be a demonic sword, and can be fused with souls of monsters to create either a holy sword called Mystletain, or a toxic sword named Hrunting.

In Fate/hollow ataraxia, Bazett's main skill is called Fragarach. She uses it as a retaliation when her opponent initiates his strongest move, performing a thrust that pierces his chest.

In Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis, Fragarach is one of the four Netherworld Weapons, and the third most powerful sword in the game. Its description reads "Sword with a cross-shaped hilt whose name means 'revenge'."

In Brigandine: The legend of forsena, Answeller (a corruption of answerer when translated to Japanese and back) is a holy sword wielded by the knight Guinglain.

In A Wizard Abroad, the fourth book in the Young Wizard Series, Fragarach appears as a magic sword that can choose its wielder.

In Baldur's Gate: Throne of Bhaal 'The Answerer' is a sword wielded by a tethyrian general that attempt to slay the protaginist, its abilities include the ability to lower the targets magical resistance with each strike.

Quote: Wikipedia

This one is quite popular in Norway(my country):

Garm
In Norse mythology, Gram was the name of the sword that Sigurd (Siegfried) used to kill the dragon Fafnir. It was forged by Weyland the Smith and originally belonged to his father, Sigmund, who received it in the hall of the Volsung after pulling it out of a log into which Odin had stuck it—nobody else could pull it out. The sword was destroyed and reforged at least once. After it was reforged, it clove an anvil in half. See Sigurd for more details on the story of Siegfried and Fafnir.

In the Nibelungenlied, Siegfried's sword is called Balmung; in Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle, it is called Nothung.

EDIT: Quote Wikipedia (as usual )

I simply liked the translation of my sword's name
There is a list of translated sword names in my runes book, if I can find it . . .
Fragarach - wonder how that's pronounced?
Hrunting - that name sounds familiar . . . perhaps from Beowulf?
Gram, short and brutal name for a sword.

In Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun series there is a headsmans sword named "Terminus Est" which he translates as "This is the line of division".

Augmentor of Pain huh!! sounds good lol.

Yeah Hrunting is Beowulf's sword or something.. Refer to the second lost post of mine which u retrieved. Its mentioned in there..

Garm!! Yep definitely brutal! I think Ulver vocalist is also called Garm!! Even Sigurd is a musician from Ulver.. You can see where they got their stage names!!

It would sem that there is some debate about the runic translation I got my sword's name from Also a lil interesting history on the instription itself.
The instricption was from a sword found on the Isle of Wight, and the runes were on the innerside of the silver scabbard mount, thus hidden. The translator mis-read a rune as "s".

A partial article is available here :http://tinyurl.com/ywfqc6

hey how about mala suerte its spanish for bad luck...hehehe no historical or fictional relation though, but it sounds good.

My swords name is Hashmeth
It is a lovely mighty galdiotor sword with an additional +1 ice
In a short time i am planning to replace it with a mighty galadiator with aa additional ice +3 which I will name Hashmeth senior

It will be my little darling till i will upgrade it to a cold embrace

Hashmeth (haşmet) means the majesty, awe, splendor, splendour [Brit.], gorgeousness, magnificence, glory, brilliance, brightness, array, bravery, brilliancy, effulgence, grandeur

i would like to introduce you my new sword
hasmeth jr
a gladiator sword with additional +2 ice
total damage 10,18-13,18

saci wrote:

My swords name is Hashmeth
It is a lovely mighty galdiotor sword with an additional +1 ice
In a short time i am planning to replace it with a mighty galadiator with aa additional ice +3 which I will name Hashmeth senior

It will be my little darling till i will upgrade it to a cold embrace

Hashmeth (haşmet) means the majesty, awe, splendor, splendour [Brit.], gorgeousness, magnificence, glory, brilliance, brightness, array, bravery, brilliancy, effulgence, grandeur

please let me introduce you with Hashmethullah.
A cold embrace with +2 fire damage. it has a total damage of 13,46-15,46
additional +2 fire is coming tomorrow. )

Cold embrace huh!! Now thats a good sword.. Try it out on Arya If u have 21 armour too..

lol surely i will
i purchased it just for arya
she is untouchable right at the moment
but i will make her taste the cold steel of my sword lol

Good luck Let me know how it went!!

Name: Hit points: Health points:
[+DS+] Saci 23.21 104.61
Arya Strife 42.98 161.79

lol at least i started to penetrate her defence
a little more concentration on parry and strength and a little dexterity
she will be my xp farm

Aeco Soeri
Damage: 14 - 18
Socket: 2
Ice-Damage: +3
Weapon sharpened: +3
Dexterity: -6
Stamina: -5
Requirement - two-hander-skills: 27
Current base damage 17-24 (soon 20-27)

My sword's latest incarnation as a Glistening two-handed sword, gonna pick up another +3 ice Crystal tomorrow. (why 2 of the same soul stone? If you mix types it increases the chance that someone will have a defense against one of them.)

Thraven Ferekzy wrote:

Aeco Soeri
(why 2 of the same soul stone? If you mix types it increases the chance that someone will have a defense against one of them.)

as far as i can see the the defence does not reduce the all effect. say if you have +6 ice damage and if he/she can only over come 2 of it so in the end you will be hitting +4
if you mix them the sama, effect defence will over come 2 of it and you will be hitting +4
correct me if i am wrong