The sword was described in 1867 by George Stephens, an English archaeologist and philologist who specialised in the runic inscriptions of Scandinavia, in his book Handbook of the Old-Northern Runic Monuments of Scandinavia and England.
Svärdet beskrevs 1867 av George Stephens, en engelsk arkeolog och filolog som specialiserat sig på skandinaviska runor, i dennes verk Handbook of the Old-Northern Runic Monuments of Scandinavia and England.