saxon
saxon Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Relating to the historical Germanic Saxon people, the Anglo-Saxons of early medieval England, or their language, architecture, and culture.
"The village church still retains its original Saxon stone tower from the tenth century."
Relating to the modern or historical region of Saxony in Germany, its inhabitants, or their dialect.
"Dresden is celebrated for its ornate Saxon baroque architecture along the Elbe River."
• noun
A member of a Germanic tribal confederation that inhabited parts of northern Germany in antiquity and, together with the Angles and Jutes, conquered and settled large parts of Britain in the fifth and sixth centuries.
"Archaeological excavations in southern England have uncovered numerous burial sites belonging to the early Saxons."
A native or inhabitant of any of the historical duchies, kingdoms, or modern federal states of Saxony in Germany.
"During the eighteenth century, many Saxons worked in the prosperous porcelain workshops of Meissen."
The West Germanic language or dialect spoken by the ancient Saxons (such as Old Saxon or West Saxon) or the modern German dialects spoken in Saxony.
"Old Saxon is closely related to Old English and is preserved primarily in the ninth-century epic poem Heliand."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed via Old French and Late Latin 'Saxo' (plural 'Saxones'), from a West Germanic ethnonym traditionally linked to Proto-Germanic '*sahsą' (Old English 'seax'), referring to a distinctive single-edged short sword or long knife carried by the tribe.
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