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    The Swiss degen (Schweizerdegen) was a short sword (Degen), an elongated version of the Swiss dagger, with the same double-crescent shape of the guard...
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  • popular in Early Modern Switzerland. Unlike the terms Swiss degen (Schweizerdegen) and Swiss dagger (Schweizerdolch) which are attested in the 16th century...
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  • of the short Swiss dagger (Schweizerdolch) and the long Swiss degen (Schweizerdegen), indicating a semantic split between the formerly synonymous terms...
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  • gatana (Japanese) Small sword (European) Swiss dagger, holbein dagger, schweizerdegen (European) Xiphos, xifos (Greek) Generally, convex blades used for heavy...
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    Retrieved 2008-12-07. Stickelberger, Emanuel (1939). Heisst ein Haus zum Schweizerdegen: Tausend Jahre deutschschweizerischen Geisteslebens (in German). Vol...
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