The sax had only one sharp edge in contrast to the sverd, which had two.
Upon the swords more than upon all other weapons the poets lavished their most figurative and poetical names; they are called:—
Odin’s flame:
The gleam of the battle;
The ice of battle;
The serpent of the wound;
The wolf of the wound;
The dog of the helmet;
The battle snake;
The glow of the war;