Hun bow
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The Hun bow is a type of bow.
The respect that the Goths had of the Hun bow was transmitted orally for a millennium among Germanic tribes and comes down to us in the Scandinavian Hervarar saga. The Geatish king Gizur who commands the Goth forces taunts the Huns and says:
- Eigi gera Húnar oss felmtraða né hornbogar yðrir.
- We fear neither the Huns nor their hornbows.
The Hungarian bow is an improvement of the Hun bow.
The bow gained its strength from the way it was bent against the grain, and formed from a laminate of traditional materials glued together, working against each other to produce a very tense and strong bow. Its high intrinsic resistance to pressure meant that it had great range, but required a suitably strong arm to fully draw back the string.
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