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Meanings of great axe in English

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Usage of great axe in English
1
He had a great axe in his hands, and was very furious.
Erling the Bold
2
Iydahoe himself had remade and now carried the great axe of the Pathfinder.
The Kagonesti (A Story of the Wild Elves)
3
When all was ready Thorkel appeared before the captives, carrying a great axe.
Olaf the Glorious: A Story of the Viking Age
4
Then I saw Perrin attempting to hide that absurd great axe under his cloak.
To the blight: the eye of the world
5
Now Umslopogaas shook in his rage, and the great axe glimmered as he shook.
Nada the Lily
6
I will shut my eyes, that I may not see the great axe flash.
Nada the Lily
7
Umslopogaas stared at me and laying his hand upon the great axe, half rose.
She and Allan
8
Eyjolf had a coat of mail, and a great axe, and that was all.
Epic and Romance: Essays on Medieval Literature
9
Now Umslopogaas gasped for breath in his rage, and again he fingered the great axe.
Nada the Lily
10
Let him stand forth, I say; and he shook the great axe till it flashed in the sunlight.
King Solomon's Mines
11
Is there any man who will come forward and do battle with me, Jikiza, for the great axe Groan-Maker?
Nada the Lily
12
Umslopogaas, who stood in the centre of them, however, had no shield and swung his great axe with both arms.
She and Allan
13
Then he puts his pipe in his pocket, and settles to the serious work of the ' great axe,' as he calls it.
The Amateur Poacher
14
The Warder gestured at them as he dashed to Perrin's side and threw back the stocky youth's cloak, exposing the great axe.
To the blight: the eye of the world
15
With that, and with a cry, he rushed on the Wanderer, his great axe swung aloft, to fell him at a blow.
The World's Desire
16
The two Varil saw it and lunged forward in simultaneous attack, one great axe swinging for his head, the other for his torso.
Burning up
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