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Jute

Jute

1 9.9
People from northern Europe who settled in parts of England in the 400s
  • noun
: juto
  • I glanced at Nithe, who claimed to be descended from Horsa, the Jute, but she had fixed her gaze on the hot iron she held with the tongs against the anvil for Myrddin to strike with his hammer.

Bead tells us it's the Anglo Sax, the Saxons, excuse me, the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes.

Examples

  • The Jute people migrated to Britain alongside the Angles and Saxons during the early Middle Ages.

  • Jute Mill Day - Late Afternoon Sun

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Many historians study the Jute tribes to understand the formation of early English society.

  • During the 5th century, the Jute joined with the Angles and Saxons in settling lands in southern England.

Synonyms

Anglo-Saxon
vsJute
4 8.8

A person from England before the Norman Conquest or their descendants

is a specific tribe among those settlers who merged into the larger population

Compounds

China jute
9.5

A tall tropical plant grown for its strong fiber to make cloth

Surface Forms

Jute singular
Jutes plural

Etymology

Jute comes from the people who lived in the land now called Jutland in modern Denmark. A Jute originally meant someone 'from Jutland', which is why the name was used for the group who moved to Britain long ago.