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An Vlfberht sword
An account in The Guardian (27 December 2008) discusses how a modern collector had taken a sword thought to be made by the famous smith Ulfberht to the Wallace Collection, where it was found to be a fake. The sword was not of the same high quality as…

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An Post stamp issued in 2014 to celebrate the Battle of Clontarf anniversary, and depicting a tenth-century Viking sword from Christchurch Place, Dublin. The background is an image from the Annals of the Four Masters.

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The Bedale hoard was found in 2012. It consists of gold and silver items, and an inlaid gold sword hilt. These images were taken at The Yorkshire Museum in York

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Swords on display at the Historisk museum, Oslo. Various dates (from the eighth to the tenth century) and various locations in Norway.

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The Gilling Sword was found in a stream in Gilling West in 1976. It is on display at The Yorkshire Museum, York.

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Objects found in a male Viking grave near Larne in 1840, in County Antrim. The grave dates from the 10th century. On loan from Duke of Northumberland at the Ulster Museum. The objects include an iron sword, an iron spear-head and ferrule, a bronze…

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Iron sword found in a male Viking grave near Larne in 1840, County Antrim. Grave dates from the 10th century. On loan from Duke of Northumberland at the Ulster Museum.

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A hiker found a Viking sword when he sat down to rest after a short fishing trip.

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During a fishing trip in 2012, Gøran Olsen discovered something between stones at Haukeli. The find is now at the University Museum, and appeared to be a single-edged Viking sword with an estimated date in the first half of the Viking Age…

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Four boat burials and several other burials from the period immediately before the Viking Age were found after a chance metal detector find in Bitterstad, Norway. Excavations on the site showed that the boats were c. 8m long with room for 12 rowers.…

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Scales and other finds from a site near Steinkjer in Norway show that this was an important trading town. These are the first finds in the area to confirm what is written in the sagas.

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A selection of Viking Age swords on display at the Kulturhistorisk museum in Oslo, Norway.

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Arsene Wenger was given a replica Viking sword as a gift before a match with Viking FK.

Saebo sword: Bergen Museum
The article describes the Sæbø (or Thurmuth) sword. This sword was found in an early 9th-century barrow at Sæbø in 1825. It has a runic inscription on its blade.

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Well-preserved Viking-Age Sword in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Cambridge. Photo taken during the Languages, Myths and Finds workshop on handling artefacts. More information about this item forthcoming.

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Swords (Viking-Age) in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Cambridge. Photo taken during the Languages, Myths and Finds workshop on handling artefacts. More information about this item forthcoming.

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Wooden toy axes and swords in a gift shop in Ribe. The Viking history of the town is important for the tourist industry.

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An article on the BBC News website about the chance discovery of a Viking Age sword in Iceland.

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Hilt of the one from three swords, which were found in Busdorf (Germany) situated in the west of Hedeby. This sword belong to the type S according to Petersen classification (Petersen J. 1919. De Norske Vikingesverd. En typologisk-kronologisk studie…
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