The remains of a seax together with a reconstructed replica
A Seax (also Hadseax, Sax, Seaxe, Scramaseax and Scramsax), was a type of Germanic single-edged knife.[1]Seax seem to have been used primarily as a tool but may also have been a weapon in extreme situations. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (768x1024, 307 KB) Beschreibung Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Seax ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (768x1024, 307 KB) Beschreibung Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Seax ... There are other articles with similar names; see Merovingian (disambiguation). ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x454, 169 KB) Beschreibung Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Seax ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x454, 169 KB) Beschreibung Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Seax ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A modern hammer is directly descended from ancient hand tools A tool or device is a piece of equipment which typically provides a mechanical advantage in accomplishing a physical task. ... The bayonet is used as both knife and spear. ...
The Thames scramasax is a 9th century weapon, recovered from the Thames at Battersea, London. ... Vendel sword hilt from the Snartemo III grave in southern Norway. ... The spear together with the sword (longsax) and the shield was the main equipment of the early Germanic warriors. ... Different types of the Francisca The francisca or francesca (German: Franziska or Franciska ; French: francisca or francisque;latin: bipennes/bipennis or secures/securis) is a throwing-axe that was used by the Merovingian Franks between the 5th and 8th centuries. ... Kragehul I is a migration period lance-shaft found in Funen bearing the Elder Futhark inscription ekerilazasugisalasmuhahaitegagagaginugahe[?]lija[?]hagal(a)wijubig? The first part is read as ek erilaz asugisalas muha haite, gagaga Interpreted as I, the Erilaz of Asugisalaz am called Muha followed by some sort of battle cry...
Reference in Culture
- in the epic poem Beowulf, the title character used a seax to nearly hack a dragon apart while it was dying. - the scramasax is one of many knives in the GBA game Final Fantasy Tactics Advance.
External links
The Anglo Saxon Broken Back Seax (myArmoury.com article)
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