Sentence:  While one man was beating off the swords, the waters stole up silently and took him. Contrariwise, another was struggling with the waves, when the <WSD>steel</WSD> came up and encompassed him. The flowing waters were befouled with the gory spray. Thus the Ruthenians were conquered... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Bladed or pointed weapons, as swords, javelins, daggers.