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The King's Mirror (Speculum regale-Konungs skuggsjá)

Note 269 — XXXVIII WEAPONS FOR OFFENSE AND DEFENSE

Laurence Marcellus Larson translation

The dirk (brynknifr) was probably a poniard-like weapon used to pierce the chain mail at the joints. Falk, Altnordische Waffenkunde, 124.

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