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hand-seax

  • noun [ neuter ]
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hand-seax, es; n.
A short sword, dagger
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  • Hæfde hé twigecgede handseax

    habebat sicam bicipitem,

      Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 15.
  • Hæfdon handseax on heora handa

    habentes in manibus vomeres,

      5, 13; S. 633, 16.
  • Godes engel stód mid handsexe

    God's angel stood with a dagger,

      Homl. Th. ii. 272, 17.
  • Án handsecs on hundeahtotigan mancysan goldes

    a dagger worth eighty mancuses of gold,

      Th. Chart. 501, 3: 502, 16.
  • Handsex,

      527, 8.
Etymology
[Laym. hond-sæx: Icel. hand-sax a short sword, dirk.]
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