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scramasax Antiq.|ˈskræməsæks|
Also -saxe, and in L. form -saxus.
[a. OFrankish *scrâmasahs (latinized: ‘cum cultris validis, quos vulgus scramasaxos vocant’, Gregory of Tours, 6th c.), f. *scrâmo of uncertain meaning + sahs: see sax n.1]
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.
1862Proc. Soc. Antiq. 4 Dec. 163 One of these weapons was the scramasaxus, or knife-shaped sword of the Anglo-Saxons, with one edge. Ibid., Index, Scramasax from Little Hampton. 1870Black tr. Demmin's Weapons of War 35 The long dagger or cutlass about twenty inches in length, called a scramasaxe. 1917W. M. F. Petrie Tools & Weapons v. 27 Examples from Mainz.., termed scramasax, are likewise equal-curved. 1923C. Fox Archaeol. Cambridge Region vi. 301 To the period 950–1066 probably belongs a fine scramasax from Barrington..with damascened blade. 1936Antiquity X. 374 Typological studies of Saxon scramasaxes and spear⁓heads. 1962H. R. E. Davidson Sword in Anglo-Saxon Eng. 41 Mention may be made of the short dagger or dirk (scramasax or handseax). Ibid. 43 A scramasax from the Thames bears the twenty-eight characters of the runic alphabet. 1977J. 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. |