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Sword Owners' names for their swords.



 
Owner Name Information
AGRICANE'S Tranchera Afterwards BRANDEMART'S
ALI Zulfagar
ANTONY Philippan so named from the battle of Philippi(Shakespeare:Antonyand Cleopatra)
ARTEGAL Chrysaor
ARTHUR Escalibar~Excalibar~Excalibur or Caliburn given to him by theLady of the Lake
SIR BEVIS'S OF HAMPTOUN Morglay
BITEROLF Schrit
BRAGGADOCHIO Sanglamore
CÆSAR Crocea Mors (yellow death) “Erat nomen gladio`Crocea Morsqua nullus eyadebat vivus qui eo vulnerabatur"
CHARLEMAGNE Joyeuse or Fusberta
Joyosa and Flamberge
both made by Galas
THE CID  Colada the sword Tizona was taken by him from KingBucar
CLOSAMONT Hauteclaire made by Galas
DIETRICH Nagelring
DOOLIN'S OF MAYENCE Merveilleuse (wonderful).
ECK Sachu
EDWARD THE CONFESSOR Curtana (the cutter) (a blunt swordof state carried before the sovereigns of England at their coronation emblematical of mercy.)
ENGLISH KINGS(the ancient) Curtana
FRITHIOF Angurvddel 
(stream of anguish)
HACO I. OF NORWAY Quern-biter (foot-breadth)
HIEME Blutgang
HILDEBRAND Brinnig
IRING Waskë
KOLL THE THRALLS Greysteel
LAUNCELOT OF THE LAKE'S Aroundight
MAHOMET Dhu' l Fakar (the trenchant)
a scimitar
Al Battar (the beater)
Medham (the keen)
Halef (the deadly)
MAUGIS or MALAGIGI Flamberge or Floberge He gave it to his cousin Rinaldo. 
It was made by Wieland.
OGIER 
THE DANE
Courtain and Sauvagine both made by Munifican  
OLIVER Haute-Claire
ORLANDO Durindana or Durindan which once belonged to Hector and issaid to be still preserved at Rocamadour in France
OTUEL Corrougue
RINALDO Fusberta or Flamberge
ROGERO Balisarda It was made by a sorceress
ROLAND Durandal made by Munifican
SIEGFRIED Balmung
in the Nibelungen-Lied
It was made by Wieland
Also Gram. 
Mimung was lent to him by Wittich.
SINTRAM Welsung
STRONG-I'-THE- ARM'S Baptism~Florenceand Graban by Ansias
THORALF SKOLINSON' or Thoralf the Strong of Norway Quern-biter (foot-breadth)
Tamboura and Zed's Inkenbour
WIELAND The swords made by the divine blacksmith were Flamberge and Balmung

 
 
 

    Sword-makers


 
 
ANSIAS GALAS MUNIFICAN made three swords each....  and each sword took three years 
in the making
ANSIAS Baptism Florence Graban all made for Strong-i'-the-Arm
GALAS Flamberge and Joyeuse for Charlemagne Hauteclaire for Closamont
MUNIFICAN....... Durandal for Roland Sauvagins and Courtain 
for Ogier the Dane
WIELAND
(“the divine blacksmith”)
Flamberge 
for Maugis
Balmung for Siegfried

 
 
 
Oliver's sword Glorious, hacked all the nine swords of Ansias,Galas,
and Munifican“a foot from the pommel.”

   (Croquemitaine.)


 
 

An alphabetical list of the famous swords:

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 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 whichtook Ansias three years to make. 
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'ssword.
Colada the Cid's sword.
Corrougue Otuel's sword.
Courtain (the short sword) one of the swords of Ogierthe Dane which took Munifican three years to make.
Crocea Mors 
(yellow death)
Caesar's sword.
Curtana
(the short sword). 
(See Edward the Confessor
and English kings.)
Dhu' l Fakâr 
(the trenchant)
Mahomet's scimitar.
Durandal same as Durandan. Roland's sword which tookMunifican three years to make.
Durandan or Durandana (the inflexible) Orlando's sword.
Escalibar or Excalibar the sword of king Arthur. (Excal[ce]liber[are] to liberate from the stone.)
Flamberge or Floberge one of Charlemagne's swords and also the sword of Rinaldo
which took Gallas three years to make.
Flamborge the aword of Maugis or Malagigi made by Wieland
“the divine blacksmith.”
Florence one of the swords of Strong-i'-the-Arm whichtook Ansias three years to make.
Fusberta Joyosa another name for Joyeuse (q.v.).
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 (grief) one of the swords of Siegfried.
Greysteel the sword of Koll the Thrall.
Haute-claire ( very bright) both Closamont'sand Oliver's swords were so called. Closamont's sword took Gallas threeyears to make.
Halef (the deadly) one of Mahomet's swords
Joyeuse ( joyous) one of Charlemagne's swords which took Gallas three years to make.
Mandousian swords
Medham (the keen) one of Mahomet's swords
Merveilleuse (the marvellous) Doolin's sword.
Mimung the sword that Wittich lent Siegfried.
Morglay mor-glaif (big glaive) Sir Bevis's sword.
Nagelring (nail-ring).  Dietrich's sword.
Philippan.  The sword of Antony 
one of the triumvirs.
Quern-biter (a foot-breadth) 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 ( the relentless) one of the swords of Ogierthe Dane which took Munifican three years to make.
Schrit or Schritt (the lopper) Biterolf's sword.
Tizona (the poker) King Bucar's sword. (See Cid.)
Tranchera (the trenchant) Agricane's sword.
Waske  Iring's sword.
Welsung both Dietlieb and Sintram had a sword so called.
Zuflagar Ali's sword.

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