Hringsverd

Hringsverd [2023]: More: Kravik Lyre, talharpa made by Nicolae Rollin. A single dedicated to the most elegant, legendary and mysterious weapon of the Vendel era: “sword with a ring“ (“hringsverd“). A unique feature of the weapon that distinguishes it from other Merovingian-type swords was the decorative element of the pommel of the handle in the form of two rings threaded into each other. The rings on the pommel are always arranged asymmetrically. The meaning and functionality of the rings are in question. Perhaps the decoration carries a ritual, oath motive. “ Swords I know lying in Sigarsholm, Fifty there are save only four; One there is that is best of all, The shield-destroyer, with gold it shines“. “ In the hilt is fame, in the haft is courage, In the point is fear, for its owner’s foes; On the blade there lies a blood-flecked snake,