Ashandarei

Ashandarei literally means "sword spear" in the Old Tongue (ACoS, Ch. 37), which is what it looks like: a long, black-hafted spear with a foot-long "sword blade in place of a spear point, slightly curved and single-edged". They are not in common use, but Mat knew from his memories something of the way to fight with one. They are a two handed weapon (WH, Ch. 30, best used with open space (ACoS, Ch. 38) and are infective without room to move them. They function as wither a quarterstaff or spear