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Ancestral weapon completed after the commissioner's death
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The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country CANTO V / THE KALEVIDE AND THE FINNISH SORCERER / CANTO VI / THE KALEVIDE AND THE SWORD-SMITHS; lines 1940-2033 confidence: medium
The sword is fetched from a little iron cupboard; it has no equal, was made over seven years with seven Swedish irons, seven charms, and seven waters, and had been ordered by Kalev before his death.
The unique sword had been ordered by Kalev but was completed only after his death and is received by the son of Kalev.
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