Saxon
The language of the ancient SaxonsThe language of the ancient Saxons.
» The Anglo-Saxons displaced the Celts.
Die Angelsachsen verdrängten die Kelten. — FarnworthPatrick
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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. — FarnworthPatrick
The Anglo-Saxons overran the Celts.
deDie Angelsachsen verdrängten die Kelten. — FarnworthPatrick
The ancient Goths and Saxons called this festival Yule.
deDie alten Goten und Sachsen nannten dieses Fest das Julfest. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The Saxons from the middle ages had no king.
deDie Sachsen aus dem Mittelalter hatten keinen König. — Tom9358
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
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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