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meteseax

meteseax

Old English

Alternative forms

  • metseax

Noun

meteseax n

  1. knife, especially one used to cut food

Declension

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Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *matisahsą ‎(“food knife”), an early compound of mete (from Proto-Germanic *matiz) + seax (from Proto-Germanic *sahsą). Cognate with Old Saxon metisahs, Old Dutch *metisas (Dutch mes), Old High German mezzisahs (German Messer).

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