{| style="background: PaleGoldenrod; width: 100%{Stars2}}''A knife with a blade length of 17cm (6½") or longer possibly used in combat.'' <br> |Seaxes with blade lengths over 6½” long were popular during the C6th Anglo- | scope="col" width="0" |Saxon pagan period. It is not uncommon for burials in the Viking age to contain more than one knife. [[FileBERSU and WILSON 1966:Stars1p.png|110px|frameless|left|link=Completion Ratings|Completion Ratings41]]| scope="col" width="1000" style="textWheeler 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-alignViking period. [WHEELER 1927: left;"|[[Completion Ratings|This article's completion rating is 1 out of 5p.30]]|- | colspan="4" | Article planned for future work. No real progress to date |}
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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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Probably similar in form to the C10th style?<br>
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=== Knives ===
=== Sheaths ===
'''{{Evidence|Art = * England, Dorset, Cranborne. Silver strap-end [HINTON 2005: p.113]* England, Derbyshire, Repton. C8th, Stone carving, |Literature|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]|Discussion<br>}}
== 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 ===
{{Evidence|Art|Literature|Archaeology* England,York. Out of 128 knives found from Coppergate only 1 can be classed as a seax. [CAMERON 2000: p.64-65]<br>* England, London. One find from cheapside could have had a blade of 25cm. [CAMERON 2000: p.64-65]|Discussion}}
=== Sheaths ===
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* England, 12 finds (out of a total of 61 knife sheaths) [CAMERON 2000: p.64-65]
* York [MOULD, CARLISLE and CAMERON 2003: p3379-3385]
* Ireland, Dublin . Style E1 [CAMERON 2007: p.15-20]
* [CAMERON 2000: p.64-65]
<br>'''|Discussion'''<br>Substantial leather up to 3mm thick. Closed by rivets about 4 to 5cm apart. [CAMERON 2000: p.64-65]<br><br>}}
== Seax hanging position ==
=== At the front - Horizontal ===
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* Middleton warrior?
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=== At the side – Angled ===
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* Norse blades
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=== At the back ===
'''{{Evidence|Art'''<br>=*Bayeux Tapestry |Literature|Archaeology|Discussion}}
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== See Also ==
[[Langseax]]<br>
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== References ==
*[*BERSU and WILSON 1966]