seax

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seax

/ˈsiːks/
/ˈseɪ̯.æks/

Sounds like seeks · Rhymes with -iːks, -eɪæks

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

noun seaxes

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.

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noun short Saxon sword

Deutsch	Sax, Sachs
Русский	сакс saks, скрамасакс skramasaks

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@misc{seax_2026,
  title = {seax},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/seax},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}