Three Hearts and Three Lions
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Three Hearts and Three Lions is a 1961 fantasy novel by American writer Poul Anderson, expanded from a 1953 novella by Anderson which appeared in Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine.
Cover of the first edition
Cortain
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Cortain is the short sword of the legendary Ogier the Dane, a paladin of Charlemagne's court. The name is the accusative case declension of Old French corte, meaning "short".
Three Hearts and Three Lions
…Saracen, Carahue, who has been searching for Holger. Based on the advice of the wizard, Martinus Trismegistus, they set out to recover the sword Cortana. The sword is in a ruined church, guarded by a nixie, cannibal hillmen, and (most dangerous of all) a troll. On the perilous quest, Holger and Alianora…
Ogier the Dane's sword aimed at Charlot stopped by angel.—From Léon Gautier ed. Chevalerie (1884), design by Luc-Olivier Merson