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Spear featuring in Anglo-Saxon epic given to Icelandic leader
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assagai
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Assagai may also refer to Assegai or Assagai (horse) Assagai was an Afro-rock band, active in the early 1970s in London , whose relatively short career produced two albums recorded in 1971. The original band consisted of five members, three from South Africa ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa [syn: assegai ] [also: assegais (pl)]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Assagai \As"sa*gai\, Assegai \As"se*gai\, n. [Pg. azagaia, Sp. azagaya, fr. a Berber word. Cf. Lancegay .] A spear used by tribes in South Africa as a missile and for stabbing, a kind of light javelin. [1913 Webster] ||
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of assegai English) vb. (alternative spelling of assegai English)
Usage examples of assagai.
He was arguing with a looming black giant who bore an outsized assagai few other men could have lifted.
She and Gai bring warthog and kudu hides, porcupine quills, tortoise shells, ostrich eggs, a sharpening stone, an awl, two assagai blades, pots of Bantu clay.
When next the moon rises full, the children of the forest shall be there, and they shall be armed with knives and blowguns and assagais as you showed me.
Swords and assagais adorned the walls, and many native curios were arranged about on tables.
Between these sinister relics hung African shields of hide and bamboo, crossed with assagais and war daggers.
He was arguing with a looming black giant who bore an outsized assagai few other men could have lifted.
She and Gai bring warthog and kudu hides, porcupine quills, tortoise shells, ostrich eggs, a sharpening stone, an awl, two assagai blades, pots of Bantu clay.