Anglo-Saxon

anglosaxon anglo-saxon English Alternative forms en Anglosaxon rare en AS initialism Etymology From en Anglo Saxon, from en la Anglosaxones (Anglo-Saxones), en la Anglī Saxōnēs the English Saxons, as distinguished from the Continental Saxons. Displaced native ang Angelseaxan. Pronunciation en /ˌæŋɡləʊˈsæksən/ RP en /ˌaŋɡləwˈsaksən/ SSB en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Anglo-Saxon.wav Southern England en /ˌaŋɡloˈsaksən/ Scotland en /ˌaŋɡloːˈsaksən/ Wales,non-toe-tow en /ˌænɡloʊˈsæksən/ US en æksən 4 en An glo Sax on Proper noun en now rare en Old English language. en Anglian Kentish Mercian Northumbrian West Saxon en w:Olivia Judson The hemiparasite season [print version: Under the hemiparasite, International New York Times, 24–25 December 2014, page 7] http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/24/opinion/the-hemiparasite-season.html https://web.archive.org/web/20141223181330/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/24/opinion/the-hemiparasite-season.html 23 December 2014 w:The New York Times 23 December 2014 The stickiness of mistletoe berries persists through the gut, making it hard to defecate mistletoe seeds with any grace. To deal with this, birds like the silky flycatcher, Phainopepla nitens, that are mistletoe specialists, have evolved a "waggle dance" – also known as butt-wiping behavior – where they clean up by rubbing themselves against twigs. Indeed, the association with bird droppings may even be the origin of the word: Some evidence suggests that "mistletoe" comes from Anglo-Saxon for "dung on a twig." en now often specifically Old English free of any foreign borrowings (as from Old Norse or Norman French). en informal Profanity, especially words derived from Old English. en 1954 American Association of University Professors Bulletin of the American Association of University Professors Sometimes these chairmen are authoritarians, who wield the budget-book as a weapon - the junior staff members have some Anglo-Saxon words for them en 1995 Margaret Edson Wit I haven't eaten in two days. What's left to puke? You may remark that my vocabulary has taken a turn for the Anglo-Saxon. en 2008 Zagreus Mike Luoma Neo-gnosis 143574280X How fucked up is that? (Pardon my Anglo-Saxon) Translations Old English See also en Early Modern English Early New English English Middle English Modern English New English Semi-Saxon Noun A member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century. en US A person of English ethnic descent. en US Mexican-American A lightskinned or blond-haired person presumably of North European descent like British. Derived terms en WASP Anglo-Saxondom Anglo-Saxonism Anglo-Saxonist Anglo-Saxonize Anglo-Saxonry Anglo-Saxon America Anglo-Saxonization Translations member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century Albanian: sq anglosakson m Arabic: ar أَنْجْلُوسَكْسُونِيّ m ʔanglosaksūniyy Armenian: hy անգլոսաքս Azerbaijani: az anqlosaks Belarusian: be англаса́кс m Bulgarian: bg англосаксо́нец m, bg англосаксо́нка f Catalan: ca anglosaxó m, ca anglosaxona f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 盎格魯-撒克遜人 Ànggélǔ-Sākèxùn rén Czech: cs Anglosas m Danish: da angelsakser c Dutch: nl Angelsaks Estonian: et anglosaksi Finnish: fi anglosaksi French: fr Anglo-Saxon m, fr Anglosaxon m, fr Anglo-Saxonne f, fr Anglosaxonne f Georgian: ka ანგლოსაქსი German: de Angelsachse m, de Angelsächsin f Greek: el Αγγλοσάξονας m f, el Αγγλοσάξωνας m Hindi: hi आंग्ल सैक्सन Irish: ga Angla-Shacsanach m Italian: it anglosassone m f Japanese: ja アングロサクソン Anguro-Sakuson Kazakh: kk англосакс Korean: ko 앵글로색슨인, ko 앵글로색슨 사람 Kyrgyz: ky англосакс Latin: la Anglosaxones m-p in plural Latvian: lv anglosaksis m Lithuanian: lt anglosaksas m Macedonian: mk Англосаксонец m, mk Англосаксонка f Malay: ms orang Inggeris Saxon, ms Inggeris Saxon Norwegian: Bokmål: nb angelsakser m Nynorsk: nn angelsaksar m Persian: fa آنگلوساکسون ânglôsâksôn Polish: pl Anglosas m-pr, pl Anglosaska f Portuguese: pt anglo-saxão m Romanian: ro anglosaxon Russian: ru англоса́кс m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Англосаксо́нац m, sh Англосаксонка f Latin: sh Anglosaksónac m, sh Anglosaksonka f Slovak: sk Anglosas m Slovene: sl Anglosas m, sl Anglosasinja f Spanish: es anglosajón m, es anglosajona f Swedish: sv anglosaxare c, sv angelsaxare c Tajik: tg англосакс Turkish: tr Anglosakson Ottoman Turkish: ota آنغلو ساقسون Anglo Sakson, ota آنغلوساقسون Anglosakson Ukrainian: uk англоса́кс m Uzbek: uz anglosaks Vietnamese: vi người Anh-Sắc Welsh: cy Eingl-Sacson m person of English ethnic descent Catalan: ca anglosaxó m, ca anglosaxona f Czech: cs Anglosas m Finnish: fi anglosaksilainen German: de Angelsachse m, de Angelsächsin f Irish: ga Angla-Shacsanach m Macedonian: mk Англосаксонец m, mk Англосаксонка f Malay: ms orang Inggeris Saxon, ms Inggeris Saxon Polish: pl Anglosas m-pr, pl Anglosaska f Portuguese: pt anglo-saxão m Romanian: ro anglosaxon m, ro anglosaxonă f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Англосаксо́нац m, sh Англосаксонка f Latin: sh Anglosaksónac m, sh Anglosaksonka f Swedish: sv anglosaxare c Adjective Related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language. Related to nations which speak primarily English and are influenced by English culture and customs, especially Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the United States.Anglo-Saxon http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/anglo-saxon_1?q=anglo-saxon Cambridge Dictionary Cambridge University Press 6 December 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20261011101837/https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/anglo-saxon?q=anglo-saxon_1 11 October 2026 en 1963 Claude Lévy-Strauss Structural Anthropology 2 Basic Books New York Claire Jacobson; Brooke Schoepf [...] Ethnography thus aims at record- ing as accurately as possible the respective modes of life of various groups. Ethnology, on the other hand, utilizes for comparative purposes (the nature of which will be explained below) the data provided by the ethnographer. Thus, ethnography has the same meaning in all countries, and ethnology corresponds approximately to what is known in Anglo-Saxon countries—where the term eth- nology has become obsolete—as social or cultural anthropology. en politics Favouring a liberal free-market economy. en US Descended from some other North European settlers like the British (English). Translations related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language Albanian: sq anglosakson Arabic: ar أَنْجْلُوسَكْسُونِيّ ʔanglusaksuniyy Armenian: hy անգլո-սաքսոնական Belarusian: be англасаксо́нскі Bulgarian: bg англосаксо́нски Catalan: ca anglosaxó Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 盎格魯-撒克遜 Ànggélǔ-Sākèxùn Czech: cs anglosaský Danish: da angelsaksisk Dutch: nl Angelsaksisch Esperanto: eo anglosaksa Finnish: fi anglosaksilainen French: fr anglo-saxon Galician: gl anglosaxón German: de angelsächsisch Greek: el αγγλοσαξονικός, el αγγλοσαξωνικός Hungarian: hu angolszász Irish: ga Angla-Shacsanach Italian: it anglosassone Kazakh: kk англосаксондық Latvian: lv anglosakšu Lithuanian: lt anglosaksų Macedonian: mk англосаксонски Malay: ms Inggeris Saxon Manx: gv Anglo-Hostnagh Norwegian: Bokmål: nb angelsaksisk Nynorsk: nn angelsaksisk Polish: pl anglosaski Portuguese: pt anglo-saxão, pt anglo-saxónico Portugal, pt anglo-saxônico Brazil Romanian: ro anglosaxon, ro anglosaxonic Russian: ru англосаксо́нский Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh англо̀саскӣ, sh англоса̀ксо̄нскӣ Latin: sh anglòsaskī, sh anglosàksōnskī Slovak: sk anglosaský Slovene: sl anglosaški Spanish: es anglosajón Swedish: sv anglosaxisk Tajik: tg англосаксонӣ Thai: th แองโกล-แซกซัน, th แองโกลแซกซัน Ukrainian: uk англосаксо́нський Vietnamese: vi Anh-Sắc related to nations which speak primarily English Catalan: ca anglosaxó Czech: cs anglosaský Danish: da angelsaksisk Finnish: fi anglosaksilainen Galician: gl anglosaxón Hungarian: hu angolszász Irish: ga Angla-Shacsanach Macedonian: mk англосаксонски Malay: ms Inggeris Saxon Polish: pl anglosaski Portuguese: pt anglófono Russian: ru англосаксо́нский Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh англо̀саскӣ, sh англоса̀ксо̄нскӣ Latin: sh anglòsaskī, sh anglosàksōnskī Spanish: es anglosajón Swedish: sv anglosaxisk Ukrainian: uk англосаксо́нський favouring a liberal free market economy Hungarian: hu angolszász Polish: pl anglosaski Russian: ru англосаксо́нский Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh англо̀саскӣ, sh англоса̀ксо̄нскӣ Latin: sh anglòsaskī, sh anglosàksōnskī Ukrainian: uk англосаксо́нський descended from white English or North European settlers Galician: gl anglosaxón Irish: ga Angla-Shacsanach Macedonian: mk англосаксонски Malay: ms orang Inggeris Saxon, ms Inggeris Saxon Polish: pl anglosaski Russian: ru англосаксо́нский Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh англо̀саскӣ Latin: sh anglòsaskī Usage notes The term Anglo-Saxon is increasingly avoided especially in American historiography, with opponents of the term claiming that the term was not used by English peoples at the time, or that it represents an attempt to create a historical basis for racism and white supremacy (see for example the development of the term White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (en WASP)). The term is less controversial in British historiography, where it is more likely to be considered a neutral term for the Angles and Saxons collectively.https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/many-myths-term-anglo-saxon-180978169/ The Many Myths of the Term ‘Anglo-Saxon’ Mary Rambaran-Olm and Erik Wade 2021-07-14 Smithsonian Magazine https://web.archive.org/web/20261005101152/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/many-myths-term-anglo-saxon-180978169/ 5 October 2026https://thecritic.co.uk/issues/june-2023/anglo-saxon-extremists/ Anglo-Saxon Extremists Samuel Rubinstein 2023 The Critic https://web.archive.org/web/20260924062807/https://thecritic.co.uk/issues/june-2023/anglo-saxon-extremists/ 24 September 2026https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/27596 Cambridge journal faces backlash for dropping ‘Anglo-Saxon’ from title Esther Knowles 2024-05-11 Varsity https://web.archive.org/web/20260310100751/https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/27596 10 March 2026 See also en Germanic en Indo-Germanic References Further reading SIL entry for Anglo-Saxon, ISO 639-3 code ang Anglophone countries, Anglo-Saxon countries, English-speaking countries, Anglosphere en Germanic tribes Languages Demonyms