taporæx

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Old English

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Etymology

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From Old Norse taparøx (small axe),[1][2][3] from Old East Slavic топоръ (toporŭ), from Proto-Slavic *toporъ, probably from an Iranian language.

Judging by dictionaries, the axe is only mentioned as tool to define shore width by throwing it from a ship that is floating next to shore during high tide (Danish king Cnut gave to Christ Church at Canterbury the Sandwich port and landings along River Stour from Sandwich to the river mouth).[4][5][6]

Compared with francisca (throwing axe)[7] and also:

  • Axe 1 and axe 2 (600±100 AD) from Ozengell cemetery, Kent (fig. 1 and 2 in Hewitt,[7] No. 1 in Archaeologia[8])
  • Axe from grave at Coombe, Kent (No. 2 in Archaeologia[8])
  • Axe from Richborough Castle field, Kent (No. 3 in Archaeologia[8])
  • Small iron axe from Colchester, Essex ("Small axe" in Archaeologia,[8] No. 2 in Akerman[9])
  • Axe (?950±150 AD) from River Thames at London (No. 1 in Akerman[9])

Noun

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taporæx f

  1. securis parvula

Declension

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “топор”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  2. ^ A. J. Robertson, editor (1939), Anglo-Saxon Charters, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, page 408
  3. ^ Erik Björkman, editor (1902), Scandinavian loan-words in Middle English, volume 2, ?: Max Niemeyer, Halle A. S., page 256
  4. ^ James Ingram (1823) chapter 1031, in The Saxon Chronicle with an English translation and notes, critical and explanatory, London: ?, page 205
  5. ^ Benjamin Thorpe (1865) “Idem Anglice”, in Diplomatarium Anglicum Ævi Saxonici, London: Macmillan & Co, page 317
  6. ^ Arthur Napier, W. H. Stevenson, editor (1895), “Charter XI: 14. Piperneasse ... Mearcesfleote”, in The Crawford collection of early charters and documents, Oxford: [[:w:Clarendon Press||w:Clarendon Press|]], page 137
  7. 7.0 7.1 John Hewitt (1855) Ancient armour and weapons in Europe: from the Iron period of the Northern nations to the end of the thirteenth century, Oxford, London: John Henry, James Parker, page 45
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Archaeologia: or, Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Antiquity, volume 34, London: Society of Antiquaries of London, J. B. Nichols and son, 1851, page 178
  9. 9.0 9.1 John Yonge Akerman (1855) Remains of pagan Saxondom, London: John Russell Smith, page 44

Further reading

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