Saxon
The language of the ancient SaxonsThe language of the ancient Saxons.
» The Anglo-Saxons displaced the Celts.
Die Angelsachsen verdrängten die Kelten.
Meaning
8 sensesThe language of the ancient Saxons.
Sächsisch, Altsächsisch
Upper Saxon, a dialect of modern High German spoken in Saxony.
A surname.
A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage or directly from the noun Saxon.
A place name:
A census-designated place in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States.
An unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.
A town and census-designated place therein, in Iron County, Wisconsin, United States.
A municipality in Martigny district, Valais canton, Switzerland.
Examples
26 sentencesThe Anglo-Saxons displaced the Celts.
deDie Angelsachsen verdrängten die Kelten.
The Anglo-Saxons overran the Celts.
deDie Angelsachsen verdrängten die Kelten.
The ancient Goths and Saxons called this festival Yule.
deDie alten Goten und Sachsen nannten dieses Fest das Julfest.
The Saxons from the middle ages had no king.
deDie Sachsen aus dem Mittelalter hatten keinen König.
In the 6th century, the Anglo-Saxons adopted Roman characters.
ruВ шестом веке англосаксы начали применять латинский алфавит.
deIm sechsten Jahrhundert übernahmen die Angelsachsen die lateinische Schrift.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Partially from Middle English Saxe, Sax; from Old English *Seaxa (attested in plural SeaxaPartially from Middle English Saxe, Sax; from Old English *Seaxa (attested in plural Seaxan), and Saxoun, from Old French *Saxoun, Saxon (“Saxon”), from Late Latin Saxōnem, accusative of Saxō (“a Saxon”), both from Proto-West Germanic *sahs, from Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“rock, knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Doublet of Sais.
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