The Semispatha and the Saex

[Thomas V.]

Thomas V's suggestion that the Germanic term for 'small sword' would be sahs looks interesting but I am troubled by his use of "would be". Is this fact or speculation?

From one of my previous posts: In the individual Germanic languages sax mainly means "knive" and "small sword" (cf. Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde, Band 26, 2004, p. 539).

Likewise, his assertion that spathium is an uncommon term for spatha, is this attested?

This online dictionary is based on the 2002 edition of the Georges Latin dictionary: [hide]latin_german.deacademic.com/44693/semispathium[/hide]. It states that semispathium means "a small spatha".

Another source: [hide]http://www.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/words.exe?spathium[/hide].