eldertongue

Old English · noun

seax

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/sæ͜ɑks/
Syllables
sæ͜ɑks (1 syllable)
Modern English
saxseaxzaxknife

Meaning

  1. knife

    Nū wile monna sum mīn flǣsċ fretan, felles ne reċċeð, siþþan hē mē of sīdan seaxes orde hȳd ārȳpeð, …ec hr…þe siþþan iteð unsodene ea…

    Now one of men wishes to eat my flesh, doesn't care for skin, since he tears hide from me by a point of knife's sides, since he eats uncooked…

    c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 77:

  2. short sword

Declension

Declension of seax
SingularPlural
Nominative seaxseax
Accusative seaxseax
Genitive seaxesseaxa
Dative seaxeseaxum

All forms (5)

Etymology

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

Descendants

sax, seax, zax

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