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Saxon

Syllabification: (Sax·on)
Pronunciation: /ˈsaksən/
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Definition of Saxon

noun

  • 1a member of a Germanic people that inhabited parts of central and northern Germany from Roman times, many of whom conquered and settled in southern England in the 5th-6th centuries.
  • a native of modern Saxony in Germany.
  • 2the language of the Saxons, in particular.
  • (Old Saxon) the West Germanic language of the ancient Saxons.
  • another term for Old English.
  • the Low German dialect of modern Saxony.

adjective

  • 1of or relating to the Anglo-Saxons, their language (Old English), or their period of dominance in England (5th-11th centuries).
  • relating to or denoting the style of early Romanesque architecture preceding the Norman in England.
  • 2of or relating to Saxony or the continental Saxons or their language.

Derivatives

Saxonize

Pronunciation: /-ˌnīz/
verb

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin Saxones (plural), of West Germanic origin; related to Old English Seaxan, Seaxe (plural), perhaps from the base of sax 'small ax', from Old English seax 'knife', of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root meaning 'cut'

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