sheath-steel

Updated: July 18, 2025

"Bold beyond measure," Quoth they, "is the base-born!" Out from the sheath Drew they the sheath-steel, And the glaives' edges played For the pleasure of hell; By the third part they minished The might that they had, Their young kin they let lie A-cold on the earth.

- The Story of the Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) : With Excerpts from the Poetic Edda