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The mystery of the magical 'Ulfberht' Viking sword - Researchers close in on the German 'supermonks'
UK Daily Mail ^
| December 18, 2014
| Mark Prigg
Posted on 12/18/2014 6:55:52 AM PST by C19fan
It was the sword of choice for the discerning Viking - superstrong, and almost unbeatable in battle. Yet mystery surrounds a small number of Viking swords researchers have uncovered. They are all inscribed with a single word - 'Ulfberht', which experts believe may reveal their maker.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; medieval; swords; ulfberht; vikings
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To: Flick Lives; Tijeras_Slim
"Craftsman" Lifetime Warranty!
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12/18/2014 8:53:32 AM PST
by
BwanaNdege
(I wonder which side they choose whe)
To: C19fan
Today the name “Ulfberht” is emblazoned on the best kitchen knives available on tv ads.
To: MrB
To: C19fan
Noted in the article one found mining gravel in a river bed. I’ve read previously that most swords of antiquity that are found are found in river beds, being lost during fordings. Few are actually found on battle sites because the fields are picked over by the victorious and scavengers immediately afterwards.
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posted on
12/18/2014 9:20:30 AM PST
by
Axenolith
(Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
To: Axenolith
Few thousand years from now, someone is going to figure out why there are so many guns in bottoms of what was once ponds and lakes.
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12/18/2014 9:27:12 AM PST
by
going hot
(Happiness is a momma deuce)
To: momtothree; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
Thanks momtothree.
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12/18/2014 9:41:05 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/ _____________________ Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
To: C19fan
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12/18/2014 9:57:56 AM PST
by
ConservativeMind
("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
To: Swordmaker
Thought you might be interested. Do you have any insight on this?
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12/18/2014 10:09:28 AM PST
by
zeugma
(The act of observing disturbs the observed.)
To: Ramius; 300winmag; IrishCatholic; lookout88; Wpin; spetznaz; Smokin' Joe; HungarianGypsy; neb52; ...
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posted on
12/18/2014 10:13:20 AM PST
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)
To: C19fan
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posted on
12/18/2014 10:16:01 AM PST
by
Bratch
To: Ramius
Thank You, for the ping, Ramius. 
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posted on
12/18/2014 11:01:17 AM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
("Bathhouse" E'Bola/0'Boehmer/0'McConnell; all STINK and their best friends are flies. d8^)
To: going hot
I’m hoping they’re all sitting over mantles as subjects of Great Grandpaps recounting of the victory in the great War for Human Liberty.
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12/18/2014 11:03:28 AM PST
by
Axenolith
(Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
To: C19fan
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12/18/2014 2:29:22 PM PST
by
piytar
(No government has ever wanted its people to be defenseless for any good reason.)
To: C19fan
FTA: Made of metal so pure forged to make it hat not been thought to exist
****
Hat? Perhaps I should trade in my tin foil hat for one made of this metal....
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posted on
12/18/2014 3:00:43 PM PST
by
Bigg Red
(Congress, do your duty and repo his pen and his phone.)
To: C19fan
They were made to order for Ulfberht, the many times great grandfather of Dilbert, to market.
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posted on
12/18/2014 4:46:23 PM PST
by
ApplegateRanch
(Love me, love my guns!©)
To: C19fan
Quest for Kalevala
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12/18/2014 4:49:43 PM PST
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: C19fan
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posted on
12/18/2014 4:55:00 PM PST
by
SteveH
To: C19fan
To: C19fan
Yes, except that the Viking “alf”, often translated as “elf”, was a creature more akin to what we think of as dwarves. To extrapolate then, these would not be the workers of arcanely manipulated mithril but rather the divinely guided forgemasters of adamantine.
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12/21/2014 8:40:16 PM PST
by
gnarledmaw
(Hive minded liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives elect servants.)
To: Pete from Shawnee Mission
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05/03/2015 11:59:35 AM PDT
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SteveH
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