A hand weapon consisting of a long pole fitted with a metal head; the head consists of a blade similar to an axe and usually a spike or hook.
Etymology
(1495) Middle French hallebarde, from Italian alabarda, from Middle High German halmbarte (“broad-axe with handle”), from halm << Proto-Germanic *helmô (“handle”) + barte (“hatchet”) << *bardaz (“broadax”), literally "beard."
(historical) A member of a Germanic people who invaded Italy in the 6th century.
Etymology
... from Germanic, derived from the Proto-Germanic elements *langaz + *bardaz; equivalent to long + beard. Some sources derive the second element instead from Proto-Germanic *bardǭ, *barduz (“axe”), related to German Barte (“axe”). [4]
↑ The long-handled axe is commonly known as "halberd" in Roman context, and "Woldo" related to 반달 (babdal, "half-moon") in Korean context, which is homonymous to "Vandal". What if "Lombard" and "Vandal" were turned out to be synonymous after all?