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the only part of a sword designed to be held, not feared.
means The handle of a sword or dagger, including the grip, guard, and pommel — the part you hold rather than the part that does the cutting.
from From Old English 'hilt' (also 'hilte'), with cousins across the Germanic languages — Old Norse 'hjalt,' Old High German 'helza.' The word is ancient and Germanic to the bone, which is why we still say 'up to the hilt' to mean all the way in: the blade buried until only the handle shows.
- full commit
- buried to the hilt means absolutely no half-measures
- three parts
- guard, grip, and pommel together make the whole
- pommel power
- the round end was a real medieval weapon too
- word origin
- comes from Old English meaning simply the handle
- balance act
- a heavy pommel counterweights the blade for control
excalibur — king arthur's sword hilt, legendary british artifact from arthurian legend
wallace sword — scottish claymore with steel hilt, held at national wallace monument, stirling
honjo masamune — japanese katana hilt crafted by master swordsmith masamune, 14th century