Axe

• Axe is historically related to Iron.

  Meyrick’s armour catalogue seats axe blades among iron cutting heads for war and timber. A named axe beside iron, not halberd or poleaxe as compound arms.

  from Samuel Rush Meyrick · A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour, 1824

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European folklore

• Halberd is historically related to Axe.

  Meyrick’s Inquiry seats the halberd among polearms combining axe blade, spike, and beak. A named halberd in that antient-armour speech, not a poleaxe knightly form alone, not a glaive blade-on-shaft, and not a bare pike.

  from Samuel Rush Meyrick · A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour, 1824

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• Poleaxe is historically related to Axe.

  Meyrick’s Inquiry seats the poleaxe among knightly pollaxe forms of axe, hammer, and spike on a short staff for foot combat in harness. A named poleaxe in that antient-armour speech, not a halberd infantry cousin alone and not a glaive or pike.

  from Samuel Rush Meyrick · A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour, 1824

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• Bardiche is historically related to Axe.

  Meyrick’s Inquiry can seat the bardiche among long-bladed axe polearms of eastern and central European foot beside western pollaxe speech. A named bardiche in that antient-armour neighborhood, not a halberd Swiss/German form alone and not a poleaxe knightly twin.

  from Samuel Rush Meyrick · A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour, 1824

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