Flamberge
A flamberge is a medieval sword. Swung by a number of heroes of chansons de geste and romances, the name became a generic name for a large sword.
In earlier texts, the name is usually given as "floberge" or "froberge", but the name developed under the influence of the word "flamber". Swords by that name are wielded by Renaud de Montauban in The Four Sons of Aymon ; Antenor in the Roman de Troie ; Begon, the brother of the eponymous hero of Garin le Loherain ; and the hero of Galien le Restoré.
In early 20th century works, swords of the name were wielded by Dom Manuel of James Branch Cabell's Biography of the Life of Manuel and by Prince Valiant.
Flamberge, from the French "flamber", is a term with many connotations, including swords without the flamed-blade. The term is a frequent name or alias for swords in medieval chansons de geste and romances, where it often just means a large sword. Egerton Castle used the term to refer to swords that were a transition from the rapier to the smallsword. These swords did not necessarily have an undulated blade. Castle makes note of this being the case of certain Swiss rapiers, but flamberge quickly became a disdainful term in France to refer to flamboyant swords. This comes from the French expression "Mettre flamberge au vent", meaning "To put in the wind". Here, it is suggested that the wielder of the sword likened it to the mythical sword Durendal, which alternatively was called flamberge.