Langschwert

Etymology
From ; of indefinite ein lang Schwert (17th century) to definite das Langschwert by the 1830s. In recent usage (2000s) also of the Renaissance-era two-handed bastard-sword or "longsword".

Noun

 * 1)  longsword; any type of long sword, specifically of the Germanic spatha
 * 2) * 1839 Das Langschwert wußt' er riesenhaft zu schwingen ("he [Olaf Tryggvason] could swing the long-sword in the manner of a giant") Adam Oehlenschläger, Der Heilige Olaf.
 * 3) * 1867 Das Langschwert ward an einem Gürtel an der linken Hüfte getragen, das Halbschwert and der rechten, in der Regel mit Ketten am Ringhemd befestigt. ("[in the context of Waltharius, c. AD 920] the long-sword [spatha] was worn on a baldric on the left hip, the half-sword [scramasax] on the right, usually attached to the mail-shirt [hauberk] with chains.") Albert Schulz, Zur Waffenkunde des älteren deutschen Mittelalters, p. 131.
 * 4)  as a proper name, calque of the sobriquet of Guillaume Longue Épée (d. 942)