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Meaning of seax | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈsiːks

Definitions

A short Saxon sword.

historical

Equivalents

Deutsch Sachs Sax
Kurdî şax sax

Examples

“The Pugio or Dagger was used by the Romans, a species of that weapon called the Hand Seax was worn by the Saxons, with which they massacred the English on Salisbury Plain in 476.”
“It consisted of the arms of the City of London, Middlesex (three seaxes, or Saxon swords), Buckingham (a swan), and Hertford (a hart), arranged quarterly, on a background of crimson and ermine mantling […].”

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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