seax
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 11
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- 4
/ˈsiːks/
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/ˈsiːks/ · /ˈseɪ̯.æks/
Definition of seax
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(historical)A short Saxon sword.
“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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Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old English seax (“dagger”). Doublet of sax and zax.
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