atgeirEtymologyFrom Old Norse atgeirr or Icelandic atgeir.nounA kind of spear-like polearm used by the Norse, conventionally translated as halberd, but of uncertain precise nature.“See 'Social and Political Structure'. halberd atgeir: Atgeir is translated as 'halberd', which it seems to have resembled even though no specimens of this combination of spear and axe have been found in archaeological excavations in[…]”