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The First Hypertext Edition ofThe Dictionary of Phrase and FableTHE DICTIONARY OF PHRASE AND FABLE BY E. COBHAM BREWERFROM THE NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION OF 1894---------------------------------------------------------------------------Sword Owners' names for their swords:------------------------------------(1) AGRICANE'S was called Tranch'era. Afterwards BRANDEMART'S.(2) ALI'S sword was Zulfagar.(3) ANTONY'S was Philippan, so named from the battle of Philippi.(Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra, ii. 4.)(4) ARTEGAL'S was called Chrysa'or. (Spenser: Farie Queene. )
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(5) ARTHUR'S was called Escalibar, Excalibar, or Caliburn; given to himby the Lady of the Lake.(6) SIR BEVIS'S OF HAMPTOUN was called Morglay.(7) BITEROLF'S was called Schrit.(8) BRAGGADOCHIO'S was called Sanglamore. (Farie Queene. )
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(9) CSAR'S was called Crocea Mors (yellow death). (See Commentaries,
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bk. iv. 4.)`` `Erat nomen gladio `Crocea Mors,' qua nullus eyadebat vivusqui eo vulnerabatur.''- Geoffrey of Monmouth, iv. 4.(10) CHARLEMAGNE'S were Joyeuse or Fusberta Joyo'sa, and Flamberge; bothmade by Galas.(11) THE CID'S was called Cola'da; the sword Tizo'na was taken by himfrom King Bucar.(12) CLOSAMONT'S was called Hauteclaire, made by Galas.(13) DIETRICH'S was Nagelring.(14) DOOLIN'S OF MAYENCE was called Merveilleuse (wonderful).(15) ECK'S was called Sachu.(16) EDWARD THE CONFESSOR'S was called Curta'na (the cutter), a bluntsword of state carried before the sovereigns of England at theircoronation, emblematical of mercy.(17) ENGLISH KINGS' (the ancient) was called Curta'na.(18) FRITHIOF'S was called Angurvddel (stream of anguish).(19) HACO I.'S OF NORWAY was called Quern-biter (foot-breadth).(20) HIEME'S was called Blutgang. (21) HILDEBRAND'S was Brinnig.(22) IRING'S was called Wask.
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(23) KOLL, THE THRALLS, Greysteel.(24) LAUNCELOT OF THE LAKE'S, Ar'oundight.(25) MAHOMET'S were called Dhu' l Fakar (the trenchant), a scimitar; AlBattar (the beater); Medham (the keen); Halef (the deadly).(26) MAUGIS'S or MALAGIGI'S was called Flamberge or Floberge. He gave itto his cousin Rinaldo. It was made by Wieland.(27) OGIER THE DANE'S, Courtain and Sauvagine, both made by Munifican.``He [Ogier] drew Courtain, his sword, out of its sheath.''-Morris: Earthly Paradise, 634.(28) OLIVER'S was Haute-Claire.(29) ORLANDO'S was called Durinda'na or Durindan, which once belonged toHector, and is said to be still preserved at Rocamadour, in France.
 
(30) OTUEL'S was Corrougue (2 syl.).(31) RINALDO'S was called Fusberta or Flamberge (2 syl.). (See above,Maugis.)(32) ROGERO'S was called Balisarda. It was made by a sorceress.(33) ROLAND'S was called Durandal, made by Munifican. This is the Frenchversion of Orlando and Durandana.(34) SIEGFRIED'S was called Balmung, in the Nibelungen-Lied. It was madeby Wieland. Also Gram. Mimung was lent to him by Wittich.(35) SINTRAM'S was called Welsung.(36) STRONG-I'-THE- ARM'S, Baptism, Florence, and Graban, by' Ansias.(37) THORALF SKOLINSON'S- i.e. Thoralf the Strong, of Norway- was calledQuern-biter (foot-breadth).(38) WIELAND. The swords made by the divine blacksmith were Flambergeand Balmung.Sword-makers------------ANSIAS, GALAS, and MUNIFICAN made three swords each, and each sword tookthree years a-making.ANSIAS. The three swords made by this cutler were Baptism, Florence, andGraban, all made for Strong-i'-the-Arm.GALAS. The three swords made by this cutler were Flamberge (2 syl.) andJoyeuse for Charlemagne; and Hauteclaire for Closamont.MUNIFICAN. The three swords made by this cutler were Durandal, forRoland; Sauvagins and Courtain for Ogier the Dane.WIELAND (``the divine blacksmith'') also made two famous swords- viz.Flamberge, for Maugis; and Balmung, for Siegfried.N.B. Oliver's sword, called Glorious, hacked all the nine swords ofAnsias, 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.Ar'oundight (? ron-diht ), the sword of Launcelot of the Lake.
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Balisarda, Rogero's sword, made by a sorceress.Balmung, one of the swords of Siegfried, made by Wieland, ``the divineblacksmith.''Baptism, one of the swords of Strong-i'-the-Arm, which took Ansias threeyears 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's sword.Colada, the Cid's sword.Corrougue, Otuel's sword.Courtain (the short sword), one of the swords of Ogier the Dane, whichtook Munifican three years to make.Crocea Mors (yellow death), Caesar's sword.Curtana (? the short sword). (See Edward the Confessor and Englishkings.Dhu' l Fakr (the trenchant), Mahomet's scimitar.
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Durandal, same as Durandan. Roland's sword, which took Munifican threeyears to make.Durandan or Durandana (the inflexible), Orlando's sword.Escalibar or Excalibar, the sword of king Arthur. (Ex cal[ce]liber[are].to liberate from the stone.) (See below, Sword Excalibar.)Flamberge or Floberge (2 syl., the flame-cutter), one of Charlemagne'sswords, and also the sword of Rinaldo, which took Gallas three years to
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