Reconstruction:Old English/Seaxneat
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Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compare Old Saxon Saxnote. The etymology is uncertain, probably from seax (“dagger”) and ġenēat (“companion, follower, follower in battle; dependant, vassal, tenant who works for a lord”). His name is thought to mean either "companion of the Saxons" or "dagger companion", as the term seax could mean either a dagger or the Saxon people which carried it.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
*Seaxnēat m
- a legendary king or god of the Anglo-Saxons, said to be the ancestor of the kings of Essex
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Descendants[edit]
- → English: Seaxneat (learned) (based on the reconstruction)