Elvish Messer, Falchion and "cropper" type Swords
The Elves used different types of swords including the Megil or "hand-and-a-half" Longsword, the Hathel or Lango, a Broadsword, the Lhang a kind of Cutlass, the broader Crist or Hyando (literally a Cleaver), the Yausta (literally a "Cropper") a slender sabre-like sword, the heavy, two-handed Falqan and the Andamacil a great sword or Two-handed sword.The númenorean Eket also was of elvish origin, derived from the older "ecet", a short stabbing-sword.A more archaic and rare weapon was the Circa or sickle-sword.