scramasaxn.
/ˈskraməsaks/ Historical.
A large knife used by the Franks in hunting and in war; identified by antiquaries with a particular type of weapon found in Teutonic burial-mounds.
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the world > time > relative time > the past > history or knowledge about the past > [noun] > archaeology > artefacts
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1862 Proc. Soc. Antiq. 4 Dec. 163 One of these weapons was the scramasaxus, or knife-shaped sword of the Anglo-Saxons, with one edge.
1862 Proc. Soc. Antiq. Index Scramasax from Little Hampton.
1870 C. C. Black tr. A. Demmin Weapons of War 35 The long dagger or cutlass about twenty inches in length, called a scramasaxe.
1917 W. M. F. Petrie Tools & Weapons v. 27 Examples from Mainz.., termed scramasax, are likewise equal-curved.
1923 C. Fox Archaeol. Cambr. Region vi. 301 To the period 950–1066 probably belongs a fine scramasax from Barrington..with damascened blade.
1936 Antiquity 10 374 Typological studies of Saxon scramasaxes and spear~heads.
1962 H. R. E. Davidson Sword in Anglo-Saxon Eng. 41 Mention may be made of the short dagger or dirk (scramasax or handseax).
1962 H. R. E. Davidson Sword in Anglo-Saxon Eng. 43 A scramasax from the Thames bears the twenty-eight characters of the runic alphabet.
1977 J. I. M. Stewart Madonna of Astrolabe xvii. 243 Although he possessed a mass of material of great archaeological interest and considerable value, the scramasax was his only major treasure.
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