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seaxes

seaxes is the plural of seax.

Meaning of seax

Noun

seax (plural seaxes)

  1. (historical) 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

Questions about seaxes

What is seaxes the plural of?
Seaxes is the plural of seax.

Words near seaxes in the dictionary

  1. seawrack
  2. Seawright
  3. Seawrights
  4. seax
  5. Seax-Wicca
  6. seaxes
  7. Seaxneat
  8. Seay
  9. Seays
  10. seaze
  11. seazed

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