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  In Germanic mythology, Seaxneat (pronounced [sæ?ksnæ??t]) or Saxnot is the national god of the Saxons. The Old English form Seaxneat is recorded in the genealogies of the kings of Essex. The Old Saxon form Saxnot is attested in the Old Saxon Baptismal Vow along with the gods Uuoden (Woden) and Thunaer (Thor).
  
  The genealogy of the kings of Essex originally placed Seaxneat at its apex. It was subsequently modified to make Seaxneat son of Woden, with the first king of Essex seven generations later:
  
  Woden, Seaxneat, Gesecg, Andsecg, Swaeppa, Sigefugel, Bedca, Offa, Æscwine (r. c. 527-587)
  
  The name is interpreted as seax, the war knife eponymous of the tribal name of the Saxons, and (ge)-not, (ge)-neat as "companion" (cognate with German Genosse "comrade"), resulting in a translation of "sword-companion" (gladii consors, ensifer). This interpretation of the name is due to Jacob Grimm, who identified Saxnot with the god Tiw (Zio)[1] Grimm's view is more recently endorsed by Chaney (1970), but Simek (2007:276) prefers an identification with Fro, following Gabriel Turville-Petre (and invoking Georges Dumézil's trifunctional hypothesis).

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