Dane axe / Long axe The Dane axe or long axe (including Danish axe and English long axe) is a type of European early medieval period two-handed battle...

the ngao like a blade from atop an elephant or horse during battle. The Dane axe is a weapon with a heavy crescent-shaped head mounted on a haft 4 to 6 ft...

centuries in Europe. Ultimately a descendant of the medieval sparth axe or Dane axe, the bardiche proper appears around 1400, but there are numerous medieval...

battle axe (also battle-axe, battle ax, or battle-ax) is an axe specifically designed for combat. Battle axes were specialized versions of utility axes. Many...

1970-2019 showing a rising peasant axe. Norwegian axe from Gudbrandsdalen, ca. 1654 Dane axe Shepherd's axe Bearded axe Pike pole Oceania George Cameron...

defeat plate armour. Its axe (or hammer) head is much narrower than other axes, which accounts for its penetrating power. Dane axe: A long-handled weapon...

possibly a reference to the Varangian Guard and their two handed axe, probably a Dane axe. However, Niketas Choniates describes the bodyguards of the emperor...

weapon", which is understood to have been the Dane axe (many Byzantine writers referred to them as "axe-bearing barbarians", pelekyphoroi barbaroi, rather...

various types of bearded axes. The larger forms were as long as a man and made to be used with both hands, called the Dane Axe. Some axe heads were inlaid with...

of Huntingdon has it that one of the Norwegians (possibly armed with a Dane Axe) blocked the narrow crossing and single-handedly held up the entire English...