The name of this large kitchen knife resembling a hatchet is from a word meaning "to split"
... @Ryan Duff and Mike Hostetler: I'll take 
your word for it that a maul would work betterI've never split... [DOC] [TLE] Viking Answer Lady Webpage - Woodworking in the Viking Age [PAR] The wood saws pictured above resemble serrated knives, though larger than a .... 
in use by the Viking Age peoples as well, since the Old Norse word for this tool, 
.... the glue is good; if not, go on cooking it until your fingers do stick together.