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Ulfberht swords: Regions, Description & Origin
The Ulfberht swords are a group of about 170 medieval swords found primarily in Northern Europe, dated to the 9th to 11th centuries, with blades inlaid with the inscription +VLFBERH+T or +VLFBERHT+. The word "Ulfberht" is a Frankish personal name, possibly indicating the origin of the blades.
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Ulfberht swords topic overview
The analysis highlights Regions, Description and Origin as prominent areas in the source structure around Ulfberht swords.
Related topics
26
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
31
Extracted relationships
61
Concept neighborhoods
18
Bridge connections
31
What this topic covers Research coverage
Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.
Description · 10 topics
Origin · 8 topics
Number and distribution · 4 topics
Overview · 3 topics
Dating · 1 topics
Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.
Key facts & relationships
High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.
Blade type
Double-edged, straight bladed, slight taper
Head type
Acute distal taper, and point
Hilt type
One-handed with pommel, variable guard
Length
avg. 91 cm (36 in)
Mass
avg. 1.2 kg (2.7 lb)
Produced
9th to 11th centuries
Suggested research paths
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How Ulfberht swords connects Entity context
Entity context groups extracted connections by relationship type. Counts show recurrence in the analyzed source; the examples are research signals, not claims about importance.
The extracted context around Ulfberht swords shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Ulfberht swords → Baltic Sea, Christianized, England, Europe, Fennoscandia, Finland, Finnish Ulfberht, Francia, In, Moilanen, None, Northern Europe, Norway, Norwegian Ulfberht, Pagan, Pagan Europe, Stalsberg, The, This, Ulfberht Another extracted example is Ulfberht swords → AD, Another, Central Asia, Damascus, European, Moravia, Most, Nemilany, Numerous, Oakeshott, One, The, They, Ulfberht, Viking, Vlfberht. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
Relationships are represented as Subject → Predicate → Object triples. Confidence describes extraction strength, not the real-world importance of a relationship; lower-confidence rows may be contextual rather than explicit.
TTTA extracted 61 structured relationships around Ulfberht swords. Examples in this analysis include Ulfberht swords → Blade type → Double-edged, straight bladed, slight taper and Ulfberht swords → Head type → Acute distal taper, and point. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
Subject
Predicate
Object
Confidence
Src
Ulfberht swords
Blade type
Double-edged, straight bladed, slight taper
1.00
infobox
Ulfberht swords
Head type
Acute distal taper, and point
1.00
infobox
Ulfberht swords
Hilt type
One-handed with pommel, variable guard
1.00
infobox
Ulfberht swords
Length
avg. 91 cm (36 in)
1.00
infobox
Ulfberht swords
Mass
avg. 1.2 kg (2.7 lb)
1.00
infobox
Ulfberht swords
Produced
9th to 11th centuries
1.00
infobox
Ulfberht swords
Type
Sword
1.00
infobox
Ulfberht swords
Width
5 cm (2 in)
1.00
infobox
Ulfberht swords
related to Description
The
0.60
section
Ulfberht swords
related to Description
Viking
0.60
section
Ulfberht swords
related to Description
Most
0.60
section
Ulfberht swords
related to Description
Oakeshott
0.60
section
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Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods
Concept neighborhoods group terms that sit near one another in the extracted graph. They are useful for discovering adjacent language and context, but proximity does not by itself imply a factual relationship.
The concept neighborhoods around Ulfberht swords bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Ulfberht, Found and Century. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
Ulfberht swords
Ulfberht
Found
Century
Frankish
Northern
Europe
11th
Indicating
Personal
Likely
Name
Number
ulfberht swords
Ulfberht
Found
Century
Frankish
Likely
Northern
Europe
Made
11th
Indicating
Personal
Type
medieval swords
Ulfberht
Point
High
Blade
Found
Inlaid
9th
Also
Centuries
Dated
Northern
Sword
high medieval tradition of blade inscriptions
Point
High
Medieval
Blade
Sword
Type
Viking
Inlaid
Inscription
9th
Also
Avg
viking sword
Age
Type
Sword
Viking
Blade
Inscription
Point
Distribution
High
9th
Century
Late
viking age
Age
Viking
Late
Sword
Type
Blade
Inscription
Distribution
Point
9th
High
Medieval
the 7th century
Dated
Pagan
Inscription
Ulfberht
Found
Swords
Example
Late
Northern
Possibly
Sword
Vlfberht
number and distribution
Avg
Also
Distribution
Late
Number
Pagan
Sword
Type
Age
Blade
Europe
Origin
Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges
Semantic bridges connect parts of the graph that would otherwise be more separate. A bridge is a structural signal in this analysis, not a claim that the two topic areas are equivalent.
For Ulfberht swords, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Ulfberht swords with Description. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
Number of nodes, edges, triples, density and central hubs. Use it to gauge the size and connectivity of the map.
Ulfberht swords
Nodes32
Edges31
Triples61
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.0625
Components1
Source & methodology
TTTA analyzes the structure around Ulfberht swords to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Regions, Description & Origin, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
