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Seax (also
Hadseax,
Sax,
Seaxe,
Scramaseax and
Scramsax), was a type of
Germanic single-edged
knife.
Seax seem to have been used primarily as a
tool but may also have been a
weapon in extreme situations. They occur in a size range from 7.5cm to 75cm. The larger ones (
langseax) were probably
weapons, the smaller ones (
hadseax)
tools, intermediate sized ones serving a dual purpose.
Scram or
scran is a word for food in some English dialects and
seax to a blade (so a possible translation is "food knife"). However, as the word 'scramseax' is only used once in early medieval literature (In Geoffrey of Tours 'History of the Franks'; the general use of the term when referring to all short knives of this type is erroneous).
The
Saxons may have derived their name from
seax (the implement for which they were known).
The seax has a lasting symbolic impact in the
English counties of
Essex and
Middlesex, which both feature three seaxes in their ceremonial emblem.
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