> > Me: One problem that I can see: what about the
context? Sounds like the middle of a battle scene,
taking a sword out of a Saxon.
> "From". Kill the enemy leader, take his (high-quality) sword.
My Latin is rather rusty, so I double-checked Cassell's. 'Ex' can be translated in an annoyingly large number of ways, including from, out of, since, and according to. Since I suspect the scribal-error story to be unlikely anyway, I'll stick with the more graphic translation. Whether Arthur has proved himself worthy by killing a Saxon leader with his (Arthur's) own sword, or grabbed a better sword off a dead man, the Saxon is dead! :-)
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