Double edged, straight guard, semi-circular pommel. Displayed with replica. Handle very worn. This sword is the longer of the two described in Waterman, D 1959, pp. 71-72 (fig 5.1): ' Weapons of Viking type found in York are surprisingly few in number and consist only of two swords...The swords (fig.5.1,2) are of identical form, with semicircular pommel, straight cross-piece of rectangular section and two edged, fullered blade. They are of Petersen's type X, which in Norway was current in the tenth century but which may have persisted later in this country. In England, the distribution of this type of sword with simple plain pommel seems to be northern but is of limited occurance. '
