seax
Syllables: seax·,·se·ax/ˈsiːks/
seax noun: a short Saxon sword.
Noun
seax (plural seaxes)
- A short Saxon sword.
- 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 476.1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 34
- It consisted of the arms of the City of London, Middlesex (three seaxes, or Saxon swords), Buckingham (a swan), and Hertford (a hart), arranged quarterly, on a background of crimson and ermine mantling […].1950 June, Michael Robbins, “Heraldry of London Underground Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 380
Forms of seax
| plural | seaxes |
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Origin of seax
Learned borrowing from Old English seax (“dagger”). Doublet of sax and zax.
Words that rhyme with seax
Questions about seax
- What does seax mean?
- Seax means a short Saxon sword.
- What part of speech is seax?
- Seax is a noun.
- How do you pronounce seax?
- Seax is pronounced /ˈsiːks/.
- What is the plural of seax?
- The plural of seax is seaxes.
Words near seax in the dictionary
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