: : : Give names to weapons and invest them with moral and
: : : temperamental characteristics.

: : Nor was this peculiar to the Anglo-Saxons, although it does appear to be more of a Germanic custom than something found outside their world. So, again, this is not a parallel between the Rohirrim and the Anglo-Saxons.

: As above.

Just to add one point to this debate. This business of naming weapons was not even peculiar to the Rohirrom in ME...what about Anduril, Sting, Gandalf's sword (name?) and even the chain that Melkor was bound in (name?).

I think this attribute is rather peculiar to ME, not to the Rohirrim.