seax
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old English seax (“dagger”). Doublet of sax.
Pronunciation
Noun
seax (plural seaxes)
- (historical) A short Saxon sword.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 34:
- The Pugio or Dagger was used by the Romans, a species of that weapon called the Hand Seax was worn by the Saxons, with which they massacred the English on Salisbury Plain in 476.
Translations
short Saxon sword
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Middle English
Noun
seax
- Alternative form of sax
Old English
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Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *sahs, from Proto-Germanic *sahsą. Compare Old English sagu, seċġ.
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Noun
seax n
Declension
Declension of seax (strong a-stem)
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