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Saxon

Saxon · more Saxon · most Saxon

саксонський

саксонский

sächsisch

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the SaxonsOf, relating to, or characteristic of the Saxons.

/ˈsæksən/

» The Anglo-Saxons displaced the Celts.

Die Angelsachsen verdrängten die Kelten. — FarnworthPatrick

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Meaning

4 senses

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Saxons.
of or relating to or characteristic of the early Saxons or Anglo-Saxons and their descendants (especially the English or Lowland Scots) and their language
Of, from or relating to Saxony, Germany.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Saxon language.
sächsisch
саксо́нскийsaksónskij
саксо́нськийsaksónsʹkyj
(Ireland, Wales, poetic)Of, relating to, or characteristic of England, typically as opposed to a Celtic nationality.

Examples

26 sentences

The Anglo-Saxons displaced the Celts.
deDie Angelsachsen verdrängten die Kelten. — FarnworthPatrick
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The Anglo-Saxons overran the Celts.
deDie Angelsachsen verdrängten die Kelten. — FarnworthPatrick
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The ancient Goths and Saxons called this festival Yule.
deDie alten Goten und Sachsen nannten dieses Fest das Julfest. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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The Saxons from the middle ages had no king.
deDie Sachsen aus dem Mittelalter hatten keinen König. — Tom9358
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In the 6th century, the Anglo-Saxons adopted Roman characters.
ruВ шестом веке англосаксы начали применять латинский алфавит. — soweli_Elepanto
deIm sechsten Jahrhundert übernahmen die Angelsachsen die lateinische Schrift. — landano
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

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Русский

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of Saxons, Saxony or Saxon language:

Deutsch

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of Saxons, Saxony or Saxon language:

Origin

Partially from Middle English Saxe, Sax; from Old English *Seaxa (attested in plural Seaxa

Partially 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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