Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Krummschwerter
English translation:
curved swords
Added to glossary by
Rachel Ward
Aug 16, 2007 08:29
16 yrs ago
German term
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Native in: English
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Krummschwerter
German to English
Other
Poetry & Literature
Fantasy/armour
This is another term that I understand but I don't know whether it should just be "curved swords" or something specific like "scimitars" or "cutlasses". Any ideas?
"In Anbetracht der über des Eiskriegers Brustpanzerung gekreuzten, mächtigen **Krummschwerter** erschraken sie so sehr, dass sie sich schnell eines Besseren besannen, hastig die Hacken zusammenknallten und dem vorbeieilenden Krieger respektvoll salutierten."
"In Anbetracht der über des Eiskriegers Brustpanzerung gekreuzten, mächtigen **Krummschwerter** erschraken sie so sehr, dass sie sich schnell eines Besseren besannen, hastig die Hacken zusammenknallten und dem vorbeieilenden Krieger respektvoll salutierten."
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | curved swords |
rainerc (X)
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| 4 | scimitars |
Michael Bailey
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Aug 16, 2007 09:21: Francis Lee (X) changed "Field" from "Art/Literary" to "Other"
Proposed translations
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curved swords
would be your best bet
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Comment: "Thanks again rainerc"
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Michael Bailey
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Native in: English (Variants: UK, British, Scottish, Irish) 
Works in: German to English, English to German, English, and 2 more.
scimitars
otherwise seax daggers / seaxes
The weblink shows the seaxes from the county emblem of Essex
The weblink shows the seaxes from the county emblem of Essex
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rainerc (X)
: seaxes are not necessarily curved - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seax
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