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Sƿitser langsƿeord, 15a oþþe 16a ȝearhundred

Sƿeord is stycce stīeles mid langum ecge, þe man brycþ swā snīðende and/oþþe stingende ƿǣpon in mæniȝum landum and sidaþingum þǣre ƿorulde. Sƿeord hæfþ ecg, hilt, and felg.

Þā naman þe man ȝeaf tō mæniȝum sƿeordum in ǣm, lēoþƿritunge, and stǣre ȝiefþ þā ƿeorþlicnesse þǣre ƿǣpnes.

[ādihtan] Stǣr

Menn macodon and brūcodon stīelecg ƿǣpnu siþþan þā Brānse Ieldu, ȝeond. Þæt sƿeord cymþ of þǣm cnīfe hƿonne langan ecga mihtliċ ƿurdon, fram þǣm latan 3a ȝēarþusend BCE in þǣm middlum ēaste, ǣrst of copere, þonne of tinbrānse. Man fundon þā ieldestan sƿeordlīċe ƿǣpnu in Arslantepe, Turciȝe.