Talk:Galatine Prime/@comment-24040624-20160801154953/@comment-25096985-20160830083227

translations mean absolutely nothing

let us all get something straight here, the term "Greatsword" is a modern classification, it did not exist in the medieval and renaissance eras

back then any sword that could be used with 2 hands, or required the use of 2 hands were a "Longsword" or just called "Two Handers"

so while a typical Longsword, a Claymore and a Zweihander are 2 handed swords, they are not all the same, Claymores are typically larger than average Longswords but are nowhere near the size of a Zweihander

a Claymore is simply a larger variation of a Longsword, it can be used like a Longsword, what we would call a Greatsword today is a sword that is too large to be used like a Longsword, to big to be used in the same fashion, to big to use Longsword techniques

this video explains it better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWWpzXOuk_s