Definition of angon
plural angons
: a type of heavy javelin that resembled a Roman pilum and was used in the early Middle Ages by Germanic warriors (such as the Franks and Anglo-Saxons)
- In the royal grave at Sutton Hoo in East Anglia there were six large spears and three angons, or throwing spears, all of different types …
- —Carl Lindahl et al., Medieval Folklore, 2000
