The UnXplained: Viking Swords Inscribed With MYSTERIOUS Phrase (Season 6)

Many viking weapons appear to be inscribed with this mysterious phrase. See more in this scene from Season 6, Episode 4, "Mysteries of the Vikings."

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[matthewwax]

"They didn't have the technology to our knowledge." Well obviously, they did. Ancient people were not stupid.

[Rolf-farmedfacts-supervisor]

En av de eldste våpen-funnene fra vikingtiden i Norge, ble gravd opp på min slekts gård i Trysil, Norge.
Ive been told that there were a furnace aswell from that time, making steel from locally mined iron.
History IS cool!!

[khrystleooo]

The metal is FASCINATING as is their craftsmanship!

[leomarsubron]

Everyone is talking about Katanas, but Viking Swords are quality and powerful weapons.

[iulyanah]

Bright Wolf means White Wolf and it's a warriors group, probably linked to an idea of being special and something religious. In Europe there is a legend about the Big White Wolf that turns warriors into wolves in battles for defense

[woolfel]

why is it that people living today assume artists living before the industrial age didn't have skill to make amazing things? There's plenty of things ancient cultures made that are still amazing today. Not just vikings.

[muddyhotdog]

-'Weird writing on old Viking swords"
-History channel : "ALEINS"

[tradermunky]

So it sounds like it was an early marketing brand name? 😂

[rabidgaming]

Ulfberht Viking swords were made of a iron alloy (steel) with a high percentage of carbon. The high carbon steel of the Ulfberht sword made them harder and so would hold their sharp edge longer than the lower carbon steel used in other European swords.

[mikeblast]

The Vikings weren't the simple brutes they are often depicted to be. The were very advanced socially and technologically. They could traverse great distances over the sea without the sun, built very durable and versatile ships, had rule of law, traded across the known world, and were uniquely skilled blacksmiths.

[markhirstwood]

The legacy of the R-L48 people from 1, 700 BCE on - coastal North Sea Germanic-Scandinavians. Denmark, Norway and England... Great swords were just one skill.

[johnzajac]

After much study, the inscriptions were translated: "We like fish and chips, and we're coming to get them."

[funkmachine]

can't these shows ever interview scandinavian historians who actually know more about their own people and history than americans

[einarr]

People are overlooking the fact that "viking" swords are germanic swords found in every germanic tribe of europe. Even during the migration era you see very, very similar blade profiles. Migration era blades usually just have a different style of pommel.

These types of swords were used by the saxons, angles, suebians, visigoths, geats, danes, jutes, franks, the alamanni, etc. for hundreds of years

[Schralenberger]

They leave out the very important fact that Ulfbehrt swords, were made on the Rhine river in Austria. The name Ulfbehrt is universal in usage in the Germanic world, not just Scandinavia. The Spelling fits usage of Austrian Medieval German of the time. Also the inscription, is in Latin letters, and not Runic. Latin letters would point to as Christian Smith(s) being more likely. The Norse of the period, used the younger Futhark. Futhark, was runic script. It had developed (via use as a traders short hand, amongst Scandinavian merchants) into at least 2(if not more) subvariants of the Elder Futhark. It is still not proven, but it well held that they forged at a particular Monastery.

[Geezer_Gun]

Never be more than two steps away from your Ulfbehrt.

[TheWeaponChroniclesX]

ble gravd opp på min slekts gård i Trysil, Norge.
Ive been told that there were a furnace aswell from that time, making steel from locally mined iron.

[MondoProducer]

Yet another wondrous mystery! Tantalizing.

[mathiasjonsson]

It is a brand name for a premium product.