seax

See also: Seax

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old English seax (“dagger”). Doublet of sax.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /siks/ (unlike Old English, the Modern English pronunciation of seax is a homophone of ‘seeks’)

Noun

seax (plural seaxes)

A short Saxon sword

Translations

short Saxon sword

Finnish: väkipuukko (fi)

Russian: сакс (ru) m (saks), скрамасакс (ru) m (skramasaks)

Anagrams

axes, sexa-

Middle English

Noun

seax

Alternative form of sax

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sahsą, from Proto-Indo-European *sek-. Cognate with Old Frisian sax, Old High German sahs, Old Norse sax. Compare Old English sagu, secg.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sæɑ̯ks/

Noun

seax n

knife, dagger

Declension

Declension of seax (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	seax	seax
accusative	seax	seax
genitive	seaxes	seaxa
dative	seaxe	seaxum

Synonyms

cnīf

Derived terms

meteseax

Related terms

Seaxa

Descendants

English: seax (borrowing)
Middle English: sax, sex
- English: sax, zax

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