The former for no obvious reason enables him to throw his spear extraordinarily far.
To the black-fellow his club or his spear are part and parcel of his ordinary life.
But the early spring was rushing on again and every leaf and spear and weed grew as if by magic.
Then the party turned, crossed Market Street and came into Spear Street.
They used as a rule a primitive fish spear with which they were very expert.
The duchess dismounted, and with a sharp boar-spear in her hand posted herself where she knew the wild boars were in the habit of passing.
On the field, they stood close together, shoulder to shoulder, awaiting the onslaught of the knights, and then they fought with spear and battle-axe.
Armed with a lance he tilted at the quintain, a shield bound to a pole or spear fastened in the ground.
Pelias= (Pe'lias) was the name of the spear of Achilles, which was so large that none could wield it but the hero himself.
She is sitting with a spear in her right hand, and in her left a distaff and spindle.
Hurriedly dressing, she went to the door, and there stood the faithful beast, cold and shivering, and there was not a spear of feed to give her.
Had the leaping Cailliach been slain by the lightning, as a flying man by the spearof his pursuer?
Another of the mouthlike openings around the edge of the arena opened, and one of the furry people shambled out, weaving weakly from side to side as he came, a spear in his scaled paws.
In place of the human's steel blade, he wore one of bone, barbed and ugly, as menacing as the spear now resting in the bottom of the outrigger.
But surely a primitive spear was no equal to the weapons his guide could command.
He was running the smooth haft of his spear back and forth through his fingers as if testing the balance of the weapon because the time was not far away when he must rely upon it.
Here--" Sssuri stopped, thrusting the butt of his spear into the shore of one such islet.
At the same time Sssuri twirled his spear significantly.
It was a spearshaft they found broken with the dead lizard thing," Raf commented.
One of the mermen worked at the door, using the point of hisspear as a lever.
Sssuri, spear ready, was trotting along the paved lane, his head up as he thought-quested for any hint of life about them.
Above that mistreated body, the human stood in the half-crouch of a fighting man, the puny spear pointed up bravely at a mark it could not hope to reach, the soft throat of one of the giant lizards.
Sssuri used the point of his spear to straighten out the small corpse, displaying its headlessness.
At just the right moment Sssuri's arm went back, his spear sang through the air.
Sssuri regarded the remains of his spear unhappily.
Loosing the head of his ruinedspear from his belt, he dug and gouged at the small wound, tearing it so that its original nature was concealed forever.
And yet it was dead, with a smashed spear for evidence as to the manner of killing.
The Knight of the Cumberland was taking no theatrical chances now and he came through the course with level spear and, with three rings on it, he shot by like a thunderbolt.
Marston buckled his girth and as he sprang on his horse, unconsciously taking his spear with him, the Wild Dog dashed from the trees at the far end of the field.
At a slow walk the stranger drew alongside of Marston and turned his spearpoint downward.
The law does not prescribe with what weapon the lawless shall be subdued, and Marston's spear was the only weapon he had.
When shields were shivered she was shorn of her darlings, Of bairns and brothers: they bent to their fate 25 With war-spear wounded; woe was that woman.
This hangs at the throat of a peak not far away, whose ageless gray head is bent over a ravine that sinks like a spear thrust into the side of the mountain.
The sipru is the spear point Muss-Arnolt, Assyrian Dictionary, p.
He may be described as a weak reflection or copy of Manuel Comnenus, being a mighty hunter, a bold spear both in the tournament and on the battle-field, and a great spender of money.
The emperor, we read, marched out on foot, followed by all his court, and traced with his spear the line where the new fortifications were to be drawn.
The Russians all fought on foot, in great square columns, armed with spear and axe: they wore mail shirts and peaked helmets, just like the Normans of Western Europe, to whom their princes were akin.
But thou on many an errand, to many a field dost wend Where the bow at adventure bended, or the fleeing dastard's spear Oft lulleth the mirth of the mighty.
So she spoke; and they made no delay but each one took what axe or spear or sword she liked best, and two had their bows and quivers of arrows; and so all folk went forth from the Hall.
For none other than the Shieldings from out the wood have come, And they shift the turn with the Daylings to drive the folk-spear home, And to follow with the Wolfings and thrust the war-beast forth.
Well shalt thou wot of the tale of sword andspear ere thou comest back hither!
While he was engraving lines and rings on the spear with his pocket-knife, the dinner interrupted his work.
It was less dense on the verge of the pool than by the hedge, and by feeling their way with the spear they got on for a while.
Mark brought his bone-headed harpoon to try and spear something, and between them they also carried a plank, which was to be used as a catamaran.
Thirsty as he was Mark could not drink from the weed-grown water; indeed he could not see the water at all for weeds and green scum, and if he pushed these aside with his spear the surface bubbled with marsh gases.
I quite expected to have some bad patients--burns andspear wounds.
The two officers obeyed the man's request and stood holding spear and belt, but hesitated to proceed farther.
On'y wiggling thespear a little, sir," replied the man gruffly.
I do try hard to stand it all, and get on beautifully when the firing and spear-throwing are going on, but now, when the enemy may be going to throw a spear or fire a shot at one, it does seem so hard to bear.
Here, Mr Murray sir, you ketch hold of my cross-belt fore and aft, and if his honour wouldn't mind giving the spear a haul through the belt I shall be as right as can be.
I'll spear one, Frank, and then you shall take the next turn.
Why, if they once get aboard they will spear us to a man, or batter our heads with their war clubs.
But he gave vent to his pent-up breath with a feeling of intense relief, as instead of the whish of a spear came another hearty "ahoy!
The spear has gone right through the bandolier and his shirt from the front and gone out through the shirt and bandolier at the back, running all up a bit.
With a ferocious whoop, the foremost plunged hisspear into her heart, and in a moment her scalp was hanging from his saddle-bow.
They come together either on other with a great shock, and Messire Gawain smiteth him with the truncheon of his spear that he had still left, in the midst of his breast, so that it was all to-splintered.
He clappeth spurs to his horse when he cometh nigh the knights, and overtaketh one of them with such a rush that he thrusteth his spear right through his body, and beareth him down dead.
He goeth for his spear and for his shield and setteth them within the chapel.
One of the knights drew to backward and was alighted; the other was upon his horse all armed, his shield on his neck and grasping his spear in his fist.
He draweth back his spear without breaking it, and thinketh to smite him again.
The King feeleth the wound and the heat, whereof is he filled with great wrath, and the knight draweth back his spear to him, and hath great joy at heart when he feeleth the King wounded.
Perceval smiteth him with such force that he thrusteth his spear right through his body and beareth him to the ground dead beside his horse.
And the spear was somewhat thick near the point and burned with a great flame, foul and hideous, and the flame came down as far as over the knight's fist.
Perceval seeth him coming and goeth against him, spear in rest, as hard as his horse may carry him, thinking to smite him through the breast.
But Meliot catcheth him better, for he thrusteth thespear right through his body and hurleth against him at the by-passing with such stoutness and force that he maketh him fall dead to the ground from his horse.
But he grasped his spear and sprang into the saddle, all armed as he was, without touching the stirrup.
Anzalas dexterously swerved aside at the critical moment and gave a thrust with his spear at the left side of his antagonist, who fell lifeless to the ground.
We are not expressly told of Theodoric's assumption of the shield and spear in the great Council of the nation, but probably this ceremony immediately followed his return from Constantinople.
On his left was a female figure representing the City of Rome, also with a spear in her hand and her head armed with a helmet, while towards his right Ravenna seemed speeding with one foot on the land and the other on the sea.
Cocas couched hisspear and rode fiercely at his foe, thinking to pierce him in the belly.
There was hanging, in barbarian fashion, a spear fastened by a thong.
The young heroes fought at first on horseback, and in this encounter, though Theodoric's spear pierced Heime's shield and inflicted upon him a slight wound, a stumble of his horse had nearly brought him to the ground.
There Theodoric stood, clad in mail, withspear and shield.
His armour was lavishly adorned with gold: from the cheek-piece of his helmet, from his pilum and his spear hung purple pennants; his whole equipment was magnificent and kingly.
All round the walls hung the skins of many bears and wolves, with here and there a spear or a bow.
Here is a gift for you," and with that he hurled a spear with so true an aim that, if Osmund had not stooped like a flash, his share in the fight would have come to an end there and then.
