Chapter Sweet to Sword-makers of S by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

swords- viz. Flamberge, for Maugis; and Balmung, for Siegfried.
   N.B. Oliver's sword, called Glorious, hacked all the nine swords of Ansias, 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.
   Aroundight (? Æron-diht), the sword of Launcelot of the Lake.
   Balisarda, Rogero's sword, made by a sorceress.
   Balmung, one of the swords of Siegfried, made by Wieland, “the divine blacksmith.”
   Baptism, one of the swords of Strong-i'-the-Arm, which took Ansias three years 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, which took Munifican three years to make.
   Crocea Mors (yellow death), Caesar's sword.
   Curtana (? the short sword). (See Edward the Confessor and English kings.)
   Dhu' l Fakâr (the trenchant), Mahomet's scimitar.
   Durandal, same as Durandan. Roland's sword, which took Munifican three years 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's swords, and also the sword of Rinaldo, which took Gallas three years to make.
   Flamborge, the aword of Maugis or Malagigi, made by Wieland, “the divine blacksmith.”
   Florence, one of the swords of Strong-i'- the-Arm, which took Ansias three years to make.
   Fusberta Joyosa, another name for Joyeuse (q.v.).
   Glorious, Oliver's sword, which hacked to pieces the nine swords made by Ansias, Galas, and Munifican.
   Graban (the grave-digger), one of the swords of Strong-i'-the-Arm, which took Ansias three years to make.
   Gram (grief), one of the swords of Siegfried.
   Greysteel, the sword of Koll the Thrall.
   Haute-claire (2 syl., very bright), both Closamont's and Oliver's swords were so called. Closamont's sword took Gallas three years to make.
   Halef (the deadly), one of Mahomet's swords
   Joyeuse (2 syl., joyous), one of Charlemagne's swords, which took Gallas three years to make.
   Mandousian swords (q.v.).
   Medham (the keen), one of Mahomet's swords
   Merveilleuse (the marvellous), Doolin's sword.
   Mimung, the sword that Wittich lent Siegfried.
   Morglay, i.e. mor-glaif (big glaive), Sir Bevis's sword.
   Nagelring (nail-ring). Dietrich's sword.
   Philippan. The sword of Antony, one of the triumvirs.
   Quern-biter (a foot-breadth), both Haco I. and Thoralf Skolinson had a sword so called.
   Sacho, Eck's sword.
   Sansamha Haroun-al-Raschid's sword.
   Sanglamore (the big bloody glaive), Braggadochio's sword.
   Sauvagine (3 syl., the relentless), one of the swords of Ogier the Dane, which took Munifican three years to make.
   Schrit or Schritt (? the lopper), Biterolf's sword.
   Tizona (the poker), King Bucar's sword. (See Cid.)
   Tranchera (the trenchant), Agricane's sword.
   Waske (2 syl.), Iring's sword.
   Welsung, both Dietlieb and Sintram had a sword so called.
   Zuflagar, Ali's sword.