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''A knife with a blade length of 20cm (8") or longer possibly used in combat.''
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Seaxes over 8” long were popular during the C6th Anglo-Saxon pagan period. It is not uncommon for burials in the Viking age to contain more than one knife. [BERSU and WILSON 1966: p.41] Wheeler gives his opinion that small heavy seaxes were in use up until the end of the C10th but that really as a weapon it belongs to the pre-Viking period. [WHEELER 1927: p.30]
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== Seaxes from the C9th ==
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'''Discussion'''<br>
Probably similar in form to the C10th style?<br>
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=== Knives ===
=== Sheaths ===
'''Archaeology'''<br>
[CAMERON 2000: p.63-64]
* Dover, Buckland, grave 145, leather sheath dated to 700-750AD
* London, River Thames nr. Westminster Bridge, metal fittings, late C8th
* Derbyshire, Repton, Stone carving, C8th
* York, leather sheath, C9th
* Silver strap-end from Cranborne, Dorset [HINTON 2005: p.113]
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== Seaxes from the C10th and C11th ==
''Knives with blade length from 17 to 20cm. Dated to 920-1100AD [CAMERON 2000: p.64-65]''<br>
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'''Discussion'''<br>
One find from cheapside could have had a blade of 25cm. Out of 128 knives found from Coppergate only 1 can be classed as a seax. [CAMERON 2000: p.64-65]<br>
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=== Knives ===
* Out of 128 knives found from Coppergate only 1 can be classed as a seax. [CAMERON 2000: p.64-65]
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=== Sheaths ===
* England, 12 finds (out of a total of 61 knife sheaths) [CAMERON 2000: p.64-65]
* York [MOULD, CARLISLE and CAMERON 2003: p3379-3385]
* Dublin Style E1 [CAMERON 2007: p.15-20]
* [CAMERON 2000: p.64-65]
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'''Discussion'''<br>
Substantial leather up to 3mm thick. Closed by rivets about 4 to 5cm apart. [CAMERON 2000: p.64-65]<br>
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== Seax hanging position ==
=== At the front - Horizontal ===
'''Art'''<br>
* Middleton warrior?
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=== At the side – Angled ===
'''Archaeology'''<br>
* Norse blades
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=== At the back ===
'''Art'''<br>
*Bayeux Tapestry
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== See Also ==
[[Weapons]]<br>
[[Langseax]]<br>
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== References ==
*[*BERSU and WILSON 1966]
*[*CAMERON 2000]
*[*HINTON 2005]
*[*MOULD, CARLISLE and CAMERON 2003]
*[*WHEELER 1927]
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