Citations:atgeir


 * 2015, Njord Kane, The Vikings: The Story of a People, Spangenhelm Publishing (ISBN 9781943066162)
 * The Atgeir The Atgeir was a 'spearlike spear' that was used before and through the Viking Age. One reference to the atgeir comes from Icelandic Sagas about the Viking hero Gunnar Hámundarson whom used an atgeir in Njál&#39;s Saga that would “sing” by making a ringing sound when it anticipated &#39;bloodshed&#39; when it was used in battle.
 * 2019, Njord Kane, History of the Vikings and Norse Culture, Spangenhelm Publishing (ISBN 9781943066315)
 * Beyond description from old records and sagas, there have not been any atgeirs discovered by archeologists to get a clear picture as to what one was beyond the assumption of it being a spearheaded type of polearm.
 * 2019, Daniel Jaquet, Matyas Miskolczi, Acta Periodica Duellatorum (vol. 7, issue 1) (ISBN 9780014204960), page 36:
 * In Laxdaela saga one of the characters, twelve years old Hardbein Helgason, pierces with an atgeir a steel helmet on the head of his opponent (App. 19). Another reference to using an atgeir in a fight can be found in Landnámabók: “When ...
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 * Gunnar lifted him on the atgeir and hurled into the river” (App. 21). This technique is described in the saga three times. The atgeir piercing through a shield and splitting it in two: “Gunnar threw the atgeir to him and hit the shield,
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 * Petersen&#39;s typology is based on other principles so it is possible that not all type G spearheads by Petersen are atgeirs. The shape of the atgeir&#39;s blade resembles a sword blade though it narrows more strongly to the point.
 * 2020, Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Mythological Objects, McFarland (ISBN 9781476676883), page 23:
 * An atgeir is a type of polearm, sometimes referred to as a “hewingspear” or “mailpiercer”; these weapons have both spear and swordlike characteristics and are used to slash and stab. Sources: Classen, Magic and Magicians in the Middle ...
 * An atgeir is a type of polearm, sometimes referred to as a “hewingspear” or “mailpiercer”; these weapons have both spear and swordlike characteristics and are used to slash and stab. Sources: Classen, Magic and Magicians in the Middle ...