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There are two famous swords associated with Arthur, the sword he drew from the stone to prove his claim to the throne (which is usually just called "the Sword in the Stone"), and the sword he later received from "the Lady in the Lake", which goes by several different names in different legends, such as Caledfwich (in Welsh), Calesvol (in Cornish), Caliburnus (in Latin), or Excalibur (the name it is usually known by in modern times). All of these names mean something like "hard-cleave", with the Latin version being influenced by Latin chalybs "steel". Most sources have the Sword in the Stone and Excalibur being two different swords, but some legends conflate the two.

The tale of the Sword in the Stone is similar to some versions of the Norse legend of Sigurd, who did much the same thing; that sword was called Gramr or Gram, Norse for "wrath".

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