
Theparamerion (Medieval Greek: Παραμήριον) was asaber-like curvedsword.The nameparamerion means 'by the thigh', this may reflect that it was worn suspended by slings from a waist-belt, rather than the usualbaldric employed by Byzantines for straight double-edged swords.[1]
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