Æsahættr
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Æsahættr is the legendary, reality-cutting blade central to Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy, capable of slicing through any material and opening windows between worlds.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Æsahættr canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16010001 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Æsahættr Context triple: [The Subtle Knife, alsoKnownAs, Æsahættr]
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A.
Erlingr
Erlingr is a variant form of the Scandinavian given name Erling, traditionally associated with Norse and Germanic origins.
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B.
Halldór
Halldór is an Icelandic given name most famously borne by Nobel Prize–winning author Halldór Laxness.
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C.
Hrœrekr
Hrœrekr is the Old Norse form of the name Rurik, the semi-legendary Varangian chieftain traditionally regarded as the founder of the Rurikid dynasty in early medieval Rus'.
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D.
Hrólfr
Hrólfr, better known as Rollo, was a Viking leader who became the first ruler of Normandy in the early 10th century.
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E.
Hjálmar
Hjálmar is a masculine given name of Old Norse origin, traditionally used in Scandinavian countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Æsahættr Target entity description: Æsahættr is the legendary, reality-cutting blade central to Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy, capable of slicing through any material and opening windows between worlds.
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A.
Erlingr
Erlingr is a variant form of the Scandinavian given name Erling, traditionally associated with Norse and Germanic origins.
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B.
Halldór
Halldór is an Icelandic given name most famously borne by Nobel Prize–winning author Halldór Laxness.
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C.
Hrœrekr
Hrœrekr is the Old Norse form of the name Rurik, the semi-legendary Varangian chieftain traditionally regarded as the founder of the Rurikid dynasty in early medieval Rus'.
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D.
Hrólfr
Hrólfr, better known as Rollo, was a Viking leader who became the first ruler of Normandy in the early 10th century.
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E.
Hjálmar
Hjálmar is a masculine given name of Old Norse origin, traditionally used in Scandinavian countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.