Dagger worn by knights and used for the finishing stroke, if the enemy wasn't asking for mercy.
Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Band 13. Leipzig 1908, S. 896. Lizenz: Gemeinfrei
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905/A/Mis%C3%A9ricorde?hl=misericorde">Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Band 13. Leipzig 1908, S. 896. Lizenz: Gemeinfrei</a>