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> In the Middle Ages, a flail-like weapon consisting of such a spiked iron
>   ball on the end of a chain was in use... in German, it's called a
> "Morgenstern" (literally "morning star"), but I don't know how they are
> called in English...
>

I thought it was a "Goedendag" (literally: good morning) in Dutch/Flemish,
but I am proved wrong by the following site:

http://www.liebaart.org/goeden_e.htm

It seems a common error...

Thomas

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