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Hiker finds 1,200-yr-old Viking sword
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| Wednesday, October 21, 2015
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Posted on 10/21/2015 2:09:26 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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The sword is in such good condition it could be used today. Photo: Hordaland Country Council
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posted on
10/21/2015 2:09:26 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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posted on
10/21/2015 2:09:44 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: SunkenCiv
Was it an ulfbert?
Early version?
To: SunkenCiv
"This was a common sword in Western Norway. But it was a costly weapon, and the owner must have used it to show power," he said. Because he couldn't possibly have used it to split skulls and sever necks ...
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posted on
10/21/2015 2:14:18 PM PDT
by
NorthMountain
("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
To: SunkenCiv
Single edged seax. I would have to get very intoxicated after such a find.
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posted on
10/21/2015 2:16:15 PM PDT
by
Psalm 144
(NATO and ISIS sittin' in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G)
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posted on
10/21/2015 2:19:11 PM PDT
by
moose07
(DMCS (Dit Me Cong San ) - Nah)
To: Black Agnes
Probably would have been mentioned if it was. Ulfberts were not a common sword, so another clue it most likely was not.
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posted on
10/21/2015 2:20:06 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: SunkenCiv
"This was a common sword in Western Norway. But it was a costly weapon, and the owner must have used it to show power,"Or to take power.
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posted on
10/21/2015 2:20:45 PM PDT
by
RC one
(....and subject to the jurisdiction thereof)
What would be the original grip? bone/antler?
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posted on
10/21/2015 2:21:13 PM PDT
by
Rio
(Proud resident of the State of Jefferson)
To: SunkenCiv
the sword was in such good condition that if it was given a new grip and a polish, it could be used today.Not to be a school marm. But that should be "if is WERE given a new grip and a polish..."
Is this what common core has produced?
;-)
My favorite English teacher in high school would have sentenced me to 30 wacks of her paddle for such weakness of language skills. And she taught my own mother who also whacked me for poor usage of language.
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posted on
10/21/2015 2:23:10 PM PDT
by
RoosterRedux
(Trump: As long as you are going to be thinking anyway...think big.)
To: Psalm 144
Single edged seax. Yep, but a very long one at 30 inches.
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posted on
10/21/2015 2:23:26 PM PDT
by
Hugin
("First thing--get yourself a firearm!" Sheriff Ed Galt, Last Man Standing.)
To: SunkenCiv
The runic inscription on the rock read:
Whosoever Draweth Forth This Sword From The Stone Shall Be Central Administrator Of All Haukeli
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posted on
10/21/2015 2:24:35 PM PDT
by
kiryandil
(Maya: "Liberalism Is What Smart Looks Like to Stupid People")
To: KC_Lion; TADSLOS
Dammit Lydia I told you not to leave that lying around just anywhere....
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posted on
10/21/2015 2:26:13 PM PDT
by
Norm Lenhart
(Embrace "Existential Cage Theory")
To: SunkenCiv
The story doesn’t give any details on how it was so well preserved. Would a sword survive this well if it were in a dry cave, or buried in clay? The story says a hiker just came across it, so it must have been on the surface and only recently exposed.
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posted on
10/21/2015 2:27:50 PM PDT
by
sphinx
To: SunkenCiv
Sooooo, we should ban it now.......right?
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posted on
10/21/2015 2:28:48 PM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: SunkenCiv
all I ever find are those pellets that Owls puke up
To: Norm Lenhart
Yeah. My thinking was more like “Uff da. My dad’s gonna kill me!”
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posted on
10/21/2015 2:29:18 PM PDT
by
21twelve
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
To: SunkenCiv
"This was a common sword in Western Norway. But it was a costly weapon, and the owner must have used it to show power,"Baloney.
Whoever wielded it did not have power because he wielded it.
It's power was not in its ownership...it was in its killing.
If it were owned by a fat old Laird...who could barely pick it up.
It would have no power.
The warrior who used it was powerful because he was effective.
There's the power...and the value of this weapon.
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posted on
10/21/2015 2:29:49 PM PDT
by
RoosterRedux
(Trump: As long as you are going to be thinking anyway...think big.)
To: Secret Agent Man
It does seem to have been made prior to the ulfbert swords IIRC.
Wonder who made it and how it would compare to an ulfbert. Spectral analysis would be interesting to see.
To: Hugin
Indeed. I hope this proves to be a site, not merely an isolated find.
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posted on
10/21/2015 2:31:43 PM PDT
by
Psalm 144
(The mill grinds exceedingly fine.)
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