Cortain

There is an entry for "Oggero spata curta" ("Ogier of the short sword") in the Nota Emilianense [es] (c. 1065–1075),[2] and this is taken as a nickname derived from his sword-name Cortain.

[3] The sword name does not appear in the oldest extant copy of The Song of Roland (Oxford manuscript), only in versions postdating the Nota.

Karaheut's weapon, "the sword Brumadant the Savage"[22][d] was remade more than twenty times by the swordsmith Escurable; when it was tested on a block of marble it broke about a palm's length, and had to be reforged shorter-bladed; hence it was [re]named Corte or Cortain,[29] meaning "Short".

[6][7] This became the weapon of a chivalric-minded Karaheut,[30] who gave his destrier and arms (including Cortain) to Ogier so he could now fight the new opponent, Brunamont, in single combat.

[43][44][h] According to the Old Norse version Karlamagnús saga Part I (c. 1240[45]), Karlamagnús (Charlemagne) tested three swords at Aix-la-Chapelle, and the first that only made a notch in the steel mound or block[i] received the name "Kurt" (Cortain), the second that cut a hand-width "Almacia [fr]", and the third chopped off a chunk more than a half a foot" (possibly 1/2 foot measure (6 in (150 mm)), or "half leng-lenth"), earning the name Dyrumdali".

In the ninth branch, he was offered reprieve in exchange for cooperating with fighting a new wave of Saracens, but refused unless he could exact vengeance against Charlot.

[84][85] In this version Charlemagne (Carlo Magno) comes to Verzeppe Castle (presumably Leverzep/Louvezerp) in Logres[87] and finds the statues of five eminent Arthurian knights, each wearing their original sword.

[89][82] The English monarchy also laid claim to owning "Tristram's sword",[l] and this according to Roger Sherman Loomis was the "Curtana" ("short") used in the coronation of the British monarch.