River Witham sword (English Wikipedia)

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"Double-edged sword". www.bl.uk. The British Library. Retrieved 13 August 2015. This example was found in the river Witham, Lincolnshire, in July 1825, and was presented to the Royal Archaeological Institute by the registrar to the Bishop of Lincoln.
"Double-edged sword". www.bl.uk. The British Library. Retrieved 13 August 2015. 165 mm (6½ in.) across the hilt, it has a double-edged blade and
"Double-edged sword". www.bl.uk. The British Library. Retrieved 13 August 2015. Weighing 1.2 kg (2 lb 10 oz), and measuring 964 mm (38 in.) in length and 165 mm (6.5 in.) across the hilt, it has a double-edged blade and, if struck with sufficient force, could have sliced a man's head in two...

Britisn Museum 1848,1021.1. Kendrick, T. D. (1934): 'Some types of ornamentation on Late Saxon and Viking Period Weapons in England', Eurasia Septentrionalis Antiqua, ix, 396 and fig. 2; Maryon, Herbert. (1950): 'A Sword of the Viking Period from the River Witham', The Antiquaries Journal, xxx, 175-79; '
"Double-edged sword". britishmuseum.org/. The British Museum. Retrieved 13 August 2015. It is likely that the blade was manufactured in Germany, which was the centre of blade manufacture in Europe at this time.
"Double-edged sword". www.britishmuseum.org. The British Museum. Retrieved 13 August 2015. Overall length: 960 mm
"Double-edged sword". www.britishmuseum.org. The British Museum. Retrieved 13 August 2015. Blade length: 815 mm

Starr, Michelle (9 August 2015). "British Library asks for help deciphering a medieval sword". www.cnet.com. CNet. Retrieved 13 August 2015. On one side, it also bears an inscription:+NDXOXCHWDRGHDXORVI+

White, Andrew (1979). "Antiquities from the River Witham: Part 2 Anglo-Saxon and Viking" (PDF). Lincolnshire Museums Information Sheet. Archaeology Series. Vol. 13. Lincolnshire Museums.

Palmero, Elizabeth (12 August 2015). "Medieval Sword Carries Mysterious Inscription". news.yahoo.com. Yahoo News. Retrieved 13 August 2015. The 13th-century weapon was found in the River Witham in Lincolnshire, in the United Kingdom, in 1825.