Category
page 1Germanic weapons

seax
thumb|upright|Merovingian seaxes

francisca
thumb|300px|Different types of francisca heads
thumb|Francisca with shaft
Dane axe
Viking axe

angon
thumb|Reenactor with angon
The angon (Medieval Greek , Old High German ango, Old English anga "hook, point, spike") is a type of javelin that was used during the Early Middle Ages by the Anglo-Saxons, Franks, Goths, and other Germanic peoples. It was similar to, and probably derived from, the pilum used by the Roman army and had a barbed head and long narrow socket or shank made of iron mounted on a wooden haft.
Seax of Beagnoth
10th century Anglo-Saxon seax
bearded axe
type of axe
Migration Period spear
cold weapon
atgeir
thumb|right|Gunnar Hámundarson defends his house with an atgeir in [[Njáls saga.]]
An atgeir was a type of polearm in use in Viking Age Scandinavia and Norse colonies in the British Isles and Iceland. The word atgeirr is older than the Viking Age, and cognates can be found in Old English and other Germanic dialects (atiger, setgare, aizger), deriving from the Germanic root gar, and is related to the Old Norse geirr, meaning spear.
Migration Period sword
Late Iron Age and Early Medieval type of sword