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Dane axe; F. Francisca; S. ... Migration Period sword; V. Viking halberd This page was last edited on 26 December 2019, at 11:02 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Viking landing at Dublin, 841, by James Ward (1851-1924). Knowledge about military technology of the Viking Age (late 8th to mid-11th century Europe) is based on relatively sparse archaeological finds, pictorial representations, and to some extent on the accounts in the Norse sagas and laws recorded in the 12th–14th centuries.
The hook or "beard", i.e. the lower portion of the axe bit extending the cutting edge below the width of the butt, provides a wide cutting surface while keeping the overall mass of the axe low. This design allows the user to grip the haft directly behind the head for planing or shaving wood and variations of this design are still in use by ...
Skǫfnungr was a type of weapon, e.g. skǫfnungs-ǫx (an axe). The name is a later form of the word skǫflungr which meant "the skin". [53] A sword belonging to Hrólfr kraki (Hróðulf) in Hrólfs saga kraka, in which is "bound the souls of twelve berserkers", and its sharpness is unnatural. [35]
An artists view of a votive offering taking place in Illerup Ådal. Some of the excavated weapons (axes) can be glimpsed in the exhibition case on the right. From a former exhibition at Moesgård Museum. According to Forte, Oram, and Pedersen, "The Illerup Ådal site is one of twenty-five in Denmark and southern Sweden where weapons were ...
The blade is crescent-shaped blade and single-edged. It is assumed that the axe is a further development of the Viking axe, also known as the Danish axe. The shape of the shaft favors a cutting effect from the blade. Peasant axes were often highly decorated and had a high status in the Norwegian culture as a symbol of the free farmer.