- Old Saxon
- noun Date: 1841 the language of the Saxons of northwest Germany until about the 12th century — see Indo-European languages table
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Old Saxon
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Old Saxon — Spoken in northwest Germany, northeast Netherlands Era developed into Middle Low German in the 12th century Language family Indo European Germanic … Wikipedia
Old Saxon — Saxon Sax on (s[a^]ks [u^]n or n), n. [L. Saxo, pl. Saxones, from the Saxon national name; cf. AS. pl. Seaxe, Seaxan, fr. seax a knife, a short sword, a dagger (akin to OHG. sahs, and perhaps to L. saxum rock, stone, knives being originally made… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Old Saxon — n. a West Germanic language, the oldest type of Low German, known chiefly from manuscripts of the 9th and 10th cent. A.D … English World dictionary
Old Saxon — German Ger man, n.; pl. {Germans}[L. Germanus, prob. of Celtis origin.] 1. A native or one of the people of Germany. [1913 Webster] 2. The German language. [1913 Webster] 3. (a) A round dance, often with a waltz movement, abounding in capriciosly … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Old Saxon — Old′ Sax′on n. peo Low German before c1100, attested principally in a literary form used in two religious poems of the 9th century Abbr.: OS … From formal English to slang
Old Saxon language — also called Old Low German, earliest recorded form of Low German, spoken by the Saxon tribes between the Rhine and Elbe rivers and between the North Sea and the Harz Mountains from the 9th until the 12th century. A distinctive… … Universalium
Old Saxon Baptismal Vow — The single manuscript. The Old Saxon Baptismal Vow is a 9th century Old Saxon baptismal vow found in Vatican Codex pal. 577. The vow mentions three Old Saxon gods; Uuôden ( Woden ), Thunear, and Saxnōt, which the reader is to forsake. One of many … Wikipedia
Old Saxon — noun A west Germanic language historically tied to Anglo Saxon and Old Low Franconian. Syn: Old Low German … Wiktionary
Old Saxon — the Saxon dialect of Low German in use before c1100. Abbr.: OS * * * … Universalium
Old Saxon — /oʊld ˈsæksən/ (say ohld saksuhn) noun the Saxon dialect of Low German as spoken before 1100 …
Old Saxon — noun the dialect of Old Low German spoken in Saxony up to c.1200 … English new terms dictionary
