I saw no problem here - it was simply the breaking of both bones in the left (presumably) arm - the Shield would have been carried on the left arm and the thrust of Gunnar's Halberd would have pierced through the shield and inserted between the Radius and Ulna of the left arm then twist and both could have been shattered - come to think of it he must have used the rather stout spike on top of the Halberd to do that
My Husband was a first aider and taught me much - I do not suppose the Norse men of those times would have had different names for bones - the Romans started that AFAIK
Kveðja
Patricia 
 
-------Original Message-------
 
Date: 21/11/2007 13:07:06
Subject: [norse_course] arm bones
 
Hi Alan!  Thanks for sorting out the problems I had.  I also couldn't figure
out exactly what the arm bones thing was.  Since M & P have between the
upper arm and forearm, I just opted for arm bones.  The forearm has two
parallel bones which if one managed to break both, by getting the halberd
between the two, it wouldn't be good.  I couldn't see how a person would
have two arms in a position behind their shield so that both could get
trashed with one weapon.
Grace
Fred and Grace Hatton
Hawley Pa
 
 
 
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