Saxon
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- adjective
- /ˈsæksən/
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sajón
- Bar Harbor was almost an exclusively Anglo-Saxon enclave and preferred to stay that way.
- Anglo-Saxon
- Saxon culture
- Saxon poetry
In fact, the name mistletoe comes from Anglo-Saxon words that mean dung on a twig.
- In fact, the name mistletoe comes from Anglo-Saxon words that mean dung on a twig.
- And my mom is Anglo-Saxon, white Christian, born in Isleworth.
- If you want to go back in let's say Anglo-Saxon literature, you can look at Beowulf.
- And this has become profoundly deep rooted in Anglo-Saxon culture.
- They have no empathy for anybody, anybody that doesn't fit exactly into a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant mole box, right.
- I think that's kind of trumped a little bit by the fact that I also feel British, Anglo-Saxon and therefore some connection with America.
- Sacrilegious to be making the great spell Anglo-Saxon poetry with a great.
Examples
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The column on the left are the Anglo-Saxon runes written in order.
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In fact, the name mistletoe comes from Anglo-Saxon words that mean dung on a twig.
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A common enough but noble Saxon name.
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ln the north a massive Saxon incursion has begun.
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I think I might go back to looking at Anglo-Saxon cemetery reports to calm down.
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If you want to go back in let's say Anglo-Saxon literature, you can look at Beowulf.
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He prays for our defeat and a Saxon triumph.
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The Saxon language has influenced many modern English words.
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Historians study Saxon artifacts to learn more about early English culture.
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Many villages in England retain their Saxon names from centuries ago.
Synonyms
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About the people, language, or culture of early medieval England
Compounds
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A white person with British family background who follows Protestant Christianity and is often from a socially important group
- Offensive
A short rude English word of four letters that insults someone
- Specialized
An old language spoken in northern Germany before 1200 that later became Low German and is like Old English
- Archaic
An old form of English used in speech and writing in southwest England before the Norman Conquest
Surface Forms
Etymology
Saxon as an adjective comes from the name of an early people called the Saxons, and that name likely comes from the old word seax meaning 'knife' or 'short sword'. So to call something Saxon is to say it is related to those people, their language, or their way of life.