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{{also|Seax}}
==English==
==English==
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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|ang|seax|t=dagger}}. {{doublet|en|sax}}.
{{lbor|en|ang|seax|t=dagger}}. {{dbt|en|sax|zax}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈsiːks/|/ˈseɪ.æks/}}
* {{IPA|/siks/|lang=en}} (unlike Old English, the Modern English pronunciation of seax is a homophone of ‘seeks’)
* {{rhymes|en|iːks|eɪæks|s1=1|s2=2}}
* {{homophone|en|seeks}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{wikipedia}}
{{en-noun}}
{{en-noun|es}}


# A short [[Saxon]] [[sword]]
# {{lb|en|historical}} A [[short]] [[Saxon]] [[sword]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1786|author=w:Francis Grose|title=A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons|page=34|passage=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.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1950|month=June|author=Michael Robbins|title=Heraldry of London Underground Railways|journal=Railway Magazine|page=380|text=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 {{...}}.}}


====Translations====
====Translations====
{{trans-top|short Saxon sword}}
{{trans-top|short Saxon sword}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|väkipuukko}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|väkipuukko}}
* German: {{t+|de|Sax|m}}, {{t+|de|Sachs|m}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|сакс|m}}, {{t+|ru|скрамасакс|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|сакс|m}}, {{t+|ru|скрамасакс|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}
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===Anagrams===
===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aesx|Saxe|axes|sexa-}}
* {{anagrams|en|a=aesx|Saxe|axes|sexa-}}

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==Middle English==
==Middle English==
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{{head|enm|noun}}
{{head|enm|noun}}


# {{alt form|sax|lang=enm}}
# {{alt form|enm|sax}}

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==Old English==
==Old English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|ang|sex||West Saxon}}
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* {{alt|ang|syx|sex}}


===Etymology===
===Etymology===
{{root|ang|ine-pro|*sek-}}
From {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*sahsą}}, from {{etyl|ine-pro|ang}} {{m|ine-pro|*sek-}}. Cognate with Old Frisian ''[[sax]]'', Old High German ''[[sahs]]'', Old Norse ''[[sax]]''. Compare Old English ''[[sagu]]'', ''[[secg]]''.
From {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*sahs}}, from {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*sahsą}}. Compare {{cog|ang|sagu}}, {{m|ang|seċġ}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/sæɑ̯ks/|lang=ang}}
* {{ang-IPA|seax}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{ang-noun|n}}
{{ang-noun|n}}


# [[knife]], [[dagger]]
# [[knife]]
#: {{syn|ang|cnīf|q=rare or dialectical}}


====Declension====
====Declension====
{{ang-decl-noun-a-n|seax}}
{{ang-decl-noun-a-n|seax}}

====Synonyms====
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* {{l|ang|cnīf}}


====Derived terms====
====Derived terms====
* {{l|ang|lǣċeseax}}
* {{l|ang|meteseax}}
* {{l|ang|meteseax}}
* {{l|ang|næġlseax}}
* {{l|ang|sċierseax}}


====Related terms====
====Related terms====
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====Descendants====
====Descendants====
* {{desctree|enm|sax}}
* {{desc|en|seax}} {{qualifier|borrowing}}
* {{desc|enm|sax}}, {{l|enm|sex}}
* {{desc|en|seax|lbor=1}}
** {{desc|en|sax}}, {{l|en|zax}}

Latest revision as of 15:18, 25 September 2023

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old English seax (“dagger”). Doublet of sax and zax.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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seax (plural seaxes)

  1. (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.
    • 1950 June, Michael Robbins, “Heraldry of London Underground Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 380:
      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 […] .

Translations

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Anagrams

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Middle English

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Noun

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seax

  1. Alternative form of sax

Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *sahs, from Proto-Germanic *sahsą. Compare Old English sagu, seċġ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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seax n

  1. knife
    Synonym: (rare or dialectical) cnīf

Declension

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Declension of seax (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative seax seax
accusative seax seax
genitive seaxes seaxa
dative seaxe seaxum

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle English: sax, sexe, sex, sæx, seax
    • English: sax; zax
    • Scots: saks; sax (verb) (through confluence with Norse form)
  • → English: seax (learned)
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