"sax" meaning in Middle English

See sax in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /saks/ Forms: saxes [plural]
Rhymes: -aks Etymology: From Old English seax, from Proto-West Germanic *sahs, from Proto-Germanic *sahsą. Etymology templates: {{root|enm|ine-pro|*sek-}}, {{inh|enm|ang|seax}} Old English seax, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*sahs}} Proto-West Germanic *sahs, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*sahsą}} Proto-Germanic *sahsą Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} sax, {{enm-noun|pl=saxes}} sax (plural saxes)
  1. a knife (tool) Categories (topical): Tools, Weapons
    Sense id: en-sax-enm-noun-zb6XSe8b Disambiguation of Tools: 83 17 Disambiguation of Weapons: 47 53 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. a knife (weapon) Categories (topical): Weapons
    Sense id: en-sax-enm-noun-iIoxvdQq Disambiguation of Weapons: 47 53 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sexe, sex, sæx, seax

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "sax"
          },
          "expansion": "English: sax",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: sax; zax"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "saks"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: saks",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "through confluence with Norse form"
          },
          "expansion": "(through confluence with Norse form)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: saks; sax (verb) (through confluence with Norse form)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sek-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "seax"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English seax",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*sahs"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *sahs",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*sahsą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sahsą",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English seax, from Proto-West Germanic *sahs, from Proto-Germanic *sahsą.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "saxes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "sax",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "saxes"
      },
      "expansion": "sax (plural saxes)",
      "name": "enm-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Tools",
          "orig": "enm:Tools",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Weapons",
          "orig": "enm:Weapons",
          "parents": [
            "Hunting",
            "Military",
            "Tools",
            "Human activity",
            "Society",
            "Technology",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a knife (tool)"
      ],
      "id": "en-sax-enm-noun-zb6XSe8b",
      "links": [
        [
          "knife",
          "knife"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Weapons",
          "orig": "enm:Weapons",
          "parents": [
            "Hunting",
            "Military",
            "Tools",
            "Human activity",
            "Society",
            "Technology",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a knife (weapon)"
      ],
      "id": "en-sax-enm-noun-iIoxvdQq",
      "links": [
        [
          "knife",
          "knife"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/saks/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aks"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sexe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sex"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sæx"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seax"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sax"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English nouns",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sek-",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Pages with 9 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Middle English/aks",
    "Rhymes:Middle English/aks/1 syllable",
    "enm:Tools",
    "enm:Weapons"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "sax"
          },
          "expansion": "English: sax",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: sax; zax"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "saks"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: saks",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "through confluence with Norse form"
          },
          "expansion": "(through confluence with Norse form)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: saks; sax (verb) (through confluence with Norse form)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sek-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "seax"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English seax",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*sahs"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *sahs",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*sahsą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sahsą",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English seax, from Proto-West Germanic *sahs, from Proto-Germanic *sahsą.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "saxes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "sax",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "saxes"
      },
      "expansion": "sax (plural saxes)",
      "name": "enm-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a knife (tool)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "knife",
          "knife"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a knife (weapon)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "knife",
          "knife"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/saks/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aks"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "sexe"
    },
    {
      "word": "sex"
    },
    {
      "word": "sæx"
    },
    {
      "word": "seax"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sax"
}

Download raw JSONL data for sax meaning in Middle English (2.3kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.