hand-seax
- noun [ neuter ]
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Hæfde hé twigecgede handseax
habebat sicam bicipitem,
- Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 15.
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Hæfdon handseax on heora handa
habentes in manibus vomeres,
- 5, 13; S. 633, 16.
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Godes engel stód mid handsexe
God's angel stood with a dagger,
- Homl. Th. ii. 272, 17.
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Án handsecs on hundeahtotigan mancysan goldes
a dagger worth eighty mancuses of gold,
- Th. Chart. 501, 3: 502, 16.
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Handsex,
- 527, 8.
Bosworth, Joseph. “hand-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/18171.
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