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Seax
,{| 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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== Seaxes from the C9th ==
Probably similar in form to the C10th style?<br>
=== Sheaths ===
[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
* York, leather sheath, C9th
== Seaxes from the C10th and C11th ==
=== 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 ===
{{Evidence
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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]
== Seax hanging position ==
=== At the front - Horizontal ===
* Middleton warrior?
=== At the side – Angled ===
* Norse blades
=== At the back ===
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== See Also ==
[[Langseax]]<br>
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== References ==
*[*BERSU and WILSON 1966]