scramasax

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noun

Per the prefix, assumed to have been a weaponized (offensive) form of sax (a type of machete (broadly speaking) used by the early medieval Germanic tribes such as the Anglo-Saxons, Franks and the Norse, etc); a large combat knife.

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OriginOld English scramasax →
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Meanings

nounscramasax (plural scramasaxes)

plural scramasaxes · alternative scramaseax

  1. historicalPer the prefix, assumed to have been a weaponized (offensive) form of sax (a type of machete (broadly speaking) used by the early medieval Germanic tribes such as the Anglo-Saxons, Franks and the Norse, etc); a large combat knife.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA single-edged knife or sword used by the Anglo-Saxons for fighting and hunting.

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Broader
seax

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Englishscramasax
  2. Englishscramasax

Borrowed from Old English scramasax, compound of scrama (“causing injury?”) + sax (“machete type knife”). The exact meaning of scrama is unclear, but cognates have the sense “(cut) wound, scratch, scar” (see Old Norse skráma, German Schramme), likely related to the root of scar (“cut mark”), score (“cut groove”), Old Norse skora (“scoring, notching”), Old Norse skǽra (“cutting, slicing”).

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Translations

Japanese スクラマサクス
  • スクラマサクス (sukuramasakusu)sword
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APA

scramasax. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scramasax

MLA

“scramasax.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scramasax. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scramasax,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scramasax.

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