LL-L: "History" LOWLANDS-L, 06.FEB.2001 (02) [E]

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From: Henry Pijffers [henry.pijffers at fluffyonline.cjb.net]
Subject: LL-L: "History" LOWLANDS-L, 05.FEB.2001 (02) [D/E]

Stefan Israel schreev:
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>> The saxons got their name from a kind of sickle:
>
>Well, _sahs_ did mean short sword, and came to be used for other
>cutting tools.  I haven't seen it used to mean sickle, but I
>could imagine it eventually was so used.  Does anyone know a
>modern word _Sax_ or _Sass_ that means sickle?
>
I only know of Dutch _zeis_ and Low-Saxon _seise_,
other than that, I can't come up with anything.

Henry

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