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.
Sværdet blev beskrevet i 1867 af den engelske arkæolog og filolog George Stephens, der var specialiseret i skandinaviske runeinskriptioner , i hans bog Handbook of the Old-Northern Runic Monuments of Scandinavia and England.