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seax.

A short Saxon sword.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsiːks//ˈseɪ̯.æks/
  1. A short Saxon sword.

    historical
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Old English seax (“dagger”). Doublet of sax and zax.

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