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seax

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
seax, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§68; §343;
a knife, an instrument for cutting
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  • Seax

    cultellus,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 3
      • .

  • Seax oððe scyrseax

    culter,

    • ii. 15, 58
      • .

  • Saex,

    • 105, 69
      • .

  • Ðæt stǽnene sex ðe ðæt cild ymbsnáþ,

    • Homl. Th. i. 98, 10
      • .

  • Seaxes ord,

    • Exon. Th. 472, 6
      • ;
    • Rä. 61, 12
      • .

  • Seaxes ecg,

    • 70, 20
      • ;
    • Cri. 1141
      • .

  • Sníþ mid seaxse,

    • Lchdm. ii. 56, 7
      • .

  • Ða hét hé him his seax árǽcan tó screádigenne ǽnne æppel,

    • Homl. Th. i. 88, 9
      • .

  • Nim ðæt seax ðe ðæt hæfte sié fealo hrýðeres horn and sién .III. ǽrene næglas on,

    • Lchdm. ii. 290, 22
      • .

  • Sting ðín seax on ða wyrte,

    • 346, 12
      • .

  • Hý begyrde resten and náne sex (seax, MSS. T. F.) be heora sídan næbben

    cultellos ad latus non habeant,

    • R. Ben. 47, 10
      • .

  • Wirc ðé stǽnene sex

    fac tibi cultros lapideos,

    • Jos. 5, 2
      • .
as a weapon, a short sword, dagger
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  • Ðǽr gebrægd ðara hǽðenra manna sum his seaxe; ðá hé hineðá stingan mynte, ðá nyste hé fǽringa hwǽr ðæt seax com,

    • Blickl. Homl. 223, 16
      • .

  • Heó hyre seaxe geteáh, brád, brúnecg,

    • Beo. Th. 3095
      • ;
    • B. 1545
      • .

  • Hé (St. Martin) tócearf his basing on emtwá mid sexe,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 500, 26
      • .

  • Geteáh his seax,

    • Blickl. Homl. 215, 6
      • .
Etymology
[
O. L. Ger. sahs
:
O. Frs. sax
:
O. H. Ger. sahs cultrum, semispathium
:
Icel. sax a short sword.
]
Similar entries
v. blód-, ceorf-, hand-, hup-, lǽce-, nægel-, scear-, þeóh-, wæl-seax; and cf. sagu.
Linked entries
v.  sæx CNÍF sex.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “seax.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/27294.

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