war-knife

At last the king wielded his wits again, war-knife drew,

Beowulf 2003

At last the king wielded his wits again, war-knife drew,

Beowulf, translated by Francis Gummere 2003

At last the king wielded his wits again, war-knife drew,

Beowulf, translated by Francis Gummere 2003

In old time old men say Ingin make work-knife, war-knife, arrow-head, axe, all ting he want when can't buy.

Adrift in the Ice-Fields Charles W. Hall

At last the king wielded his wits again, war-knife drew,

Beowulf Anonymous 1887

Indian covered with bark, and painted most skilfully, with his war-knife by his side. '

Curious, if True Strange Tales Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837

Val gave him a long, fixed and triumphant look, -- such a look as a savage gives his worst enemy, when he gets him beneath his knee, and brandishes his war-knife, before plunging it in his throat.

Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two William Carleton 1831

"If they come to the house and find you away, they will take your stores and burn your roof, suspecting that you are afraid to meet them openly; but they will not harm you if you meet them with open hand and fearless brow: if they eat of your bread, they will not harm you; me they would kill by a cruel death -- the war-knife is in their heart against the daughter of the _brave_."

Canadian Crusoes Catharine Parr Strickland Traill 1850

"If they come to the house and find you away, they will take your stores and burn your roof, suspecting that you are afraid to meet them openly; but they will not harm you if you meet them with open hand and fearless brow: if they eat of your bread, they will not harm you; me they would kill by a cruel death -- the war-knife is in their heart against the daughter of the brave."

Lost in the Backwoods Catharine Parr Strickland Traill 1850