Glaive
Glaive , noun
[French glaive, Latin gladius; prob. akin to English claymore. Compare Gladiator.]
1.
A weapon formerly used, consisting of a large blade fixed on the end of a pole, whose edge was on the outside curve; also, a light lance with a long sharp-pointed head. — Wilhelm
2.
A sword; -- used poetically and loosely.
The glaive which he did wield.