Re: CHAT: Japanese English (was Re: Correction, I hope, of M/C URL)

Shreyas Sampat wrote:

> Glaive.  The English translations say glaive.
> It's some form of medieval polearm, apparently, and looks nothing like
> Saturn's metallic monstrosity at all.
The term was applied to javelins, yes, but the usual meaning in English
is "broadsword", from Latin _gladius_.

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