Seax

A scramseax (also scramsax, scramseaxe, scramasax, scramaseaxe and sometimes refered to as simply scram or seax) was a type of Germanic (Anglo-Saxon, Scandinavian and Frankish) knife with a single blade. Scramseax seem to have been used for warfare and as tools . They occur in a size range from 7.5cm to 75cm. The larger ones (langseax) were probably weapons, the smaller ones (hadseax) tools, intermediate sized ones serving a dual purpose. Wearing a scramseax may have been indicative of freemanship. The scramseax was worn in a horizontal sheath at the front of the belt. Scram refers to food and seax to a blade (so, "food knife"). There is some debate about the authenticity of the longer word scramseax. The Saxons may have derived their name from seax (the implement for which they were known) in much the same way that the Franks were named for their francisca.

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