Seax
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seax-232-9938176
title:
Seax
text:
A seax is a small sword, fighting knife or dagger typical of the Germanic peoples of the Migration Period and the Early Middle Ages, especially the Saxons. The name comes from an Old English word for "knife". In heraldry, the seax is a charge consisting of a curved sword with a notched blade, appearing, for example, in the coats of arms of Essex and the former Middlesex.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Large knife or small sword wielded by Saxons and their contemporaries
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seax
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date modified:
2024-04-20T17:26:17Z
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