03-17-2014, 04:15 PM
Quote:At some point (much later?), the seax is also labelled a semispatiumI have been hunting around in the online version of MGH. I found the second of the references cited in the original quotation but not (knowingly) the first. I have, however, found others to similar effect. As I suspected, these give the Latin word but make no reference to the saex or anything like it. Do we know that these two weapons are correctly equated?
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? Likewise, his assertion that spathium is an uncommon term for spatha, is this attested?
Michael King Macdona
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
