It was the Hero Hogen His faulchion round did whirl, And he struck off at a single blow The head of the Ferry-carl.
God bless thee, Folker Spillemand, Who here a corse dost lie, Full well and without treachery Thy faulchion thou didst ply.
Tis custom of our castle none A faulchion shall unsheath, I cannot bear the sight of one Since good King Sigfred’s death.
It was the young Danneved, To his side his trusty faulchion tied; And now they both so joyously Home to his mother’s castle ride.
Tis well to trust in thy faulchion good, ’Tis well to trust in thy courser tall, But do not trust in thy merry swains, For they’ll deceive thee first of all.
O first I trust in my faulchion good, And then I trust in my courser tall, And next to them in my merry swains, But in my own self most of all.
Now with full force his spear young Pallas threw, And, having thrown, his shining faulchion drew.
The Trojan, glad with sight of hostile blood, His faulchion drew, to closer fight addressed, And with new force his fainting foe oppressed.
Then to his head his glittering helm he tied, And girt his faithful faulchion to his side.
Then took the bold Orm Ungerswayne His faulchion on his back, And to the ocean strand he goes As fast as he could make.
It was Tord of Valland then With faulchion struck the earth: “Never will I make amends By gold or money’s worth.
That vexed sore the Swedish knights, Their leader’s fall they fain would wrake; But fortune proved so stern and dour, The good knight’s faulchion drove them back.
O ere the Dwarf shall thee possess, And his shall be a bliss so high, O I will lose my youthful life, And break my faulchion willingly.
And I will give thee a faulchion good, And I will give thee a polished spear.
With that his faulchion he wherled about, It was both keen and sharp; He clove the giant to the belt, 175 And cut in twain his heart.
I haue seene the day, with my good biting Faulchion I would haue made him skip: I am old now, And these same crosses spoile me.
Then prove on me thyfaulchion and thine arm, And prove if one can smite, the other harm.
As Mandricardo's head he aims his blade, But such the fury of the cavalier, And such his haste, he less my blame deserves, If slanting from the mark his faulchion swerves.
He couched his lance, their keeper overthrew, Then proved his wonted might with faulchion bare; And in a moment stretched upon the strand Above a hundred of the Nubian band.
LXXXV No more in arms can trust the cavalier As heretofore; for proved those arms have been: He with more care, more caution than whilere, Prepares to parry with the faulchion keen.
With helm on head, and with his faulchiongood Begirt, he lay reclined in plate and chain.
LVIII I cannot tell you truly in what wise, That faulchion swerves against a cypress-stock, In such close-serried ranks the saplings rise, Buried above a palm within the block.
I, on my part, Marvel, that seeing but the murder done, Slew thee not, as the faulchion slew thy son.
Almost on his steed's neck the Tartar fell, Bent by the weighty blow Zerbino sped; And, had the helmet been unfenced by spell The biting faulchion would have cleft his head.
When she shall smite thee with her slender rod, 360 With faulchion drawn and with death-threat'ning looks Rush on her; she will bid thee to her bed Affrighted; then beware.
Then down I sat, and with drawn faulchionchased The ghosts, nor suffer'd them to approach the blood, Till with Tiresias I should first confer.
Receding, turn thy faulchion keen away, That I may drink the blood, and tell thee truth.
Svend Vonved unsheath'd his faulchion bright, With haughty Randulph he fain will fight; Randulph he there has slain in his might, And Strandulph too, with full good right.
Svend Vonved stops, in reflection deep; He thought it best he his horse should keep: His hauberk and faulchion he will not lose, Much rather to fight the youth will choose.
O could you but one furlong ride With such a faulchion at your side, Your bosom would for glory beat And show Napoleon all complete!
A blanket from his shoulders hung, Three dollars in his pockets rung, And to his thigh a faulchion clung, That made us quake: A veteran in the fighting trade!
My trusty faulchion Adelring I’ll freely lend to thee; No man be sure shall thee o’ercome, However strong he be.
It was the bold Sir Nielus then His faulchionhe drew out; It was the beauteous Brynild whom He all to pieces smote.
My trusty faulchion Adelring To thee I’ll freely yield, But, oh!
The lights were out, the train retired, They thought that they were all alone; His upper wede the knight with speed Did off, then bright his faulchion shone.
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