Saxon

saxon English Etymology en ine-pro *sek- Partially from en enm Saxe, enm Sax; from en ang *Seaxa (attested in plural ang Seaxan), from gmw-pro *Sahsan, plural of gmw-pro *Sahsō. Also from enm Saxoun, through en fro *Saxoun, fro Saxon Saxon, from en la-lat Saxōnem, accusative of la Saxō a Saxon. All from en gmw-pro *sahs, from en gem-pro *sahsą rock, knife, from en ine-pro *sek- to cut. en Sais. 2 cog Cognate with gml sasse someone speaking Saxon, i.e. (Middle) Low German, ang Seaxa a Saxon, goh Sahso a Saxon, is Saxi a Saxon, et saks lord; German, fi Saksa Germany. Also cognate to ang seax a knife, hip-knife, an instrument for cutting, a short sword, dirk, dagger; more at en sax. Pronunciation en /ˈsæksən/ en en-us-Saxon.ogg US en æksən 2 Noun A member of an ancient West Germanic tribe that lived at the eastern North Sea coast and south of it. en The history of Wallingford 1 John Kirby Hedges 1881 170 https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=HfcGAAAAQAAJ Kenett states that the military works still known by the name of Tadmarten Camp and Hook-Norton Barrow were cast up at this time ; the former, large and round, is judged to be a fortification of the Danes, and the latter, being smaller and rather a quinquangle than a square, of the Saxons. en <<s/Saxony>>, <<c/Germany>>. en 2002 Jonathan Grix; Paul Cooke East German distinctiveness in a unified Germany 142 [...] in West Germany Saxony and Saxons became synonymous with Ulbricht's Communist regime, [...] en 2005 Judd Stitziel Fashioning socialism: clothing, politics, and consumer culture 69 The film taught that socialist competition, through encouraging the collaboration of both men and women and Saxons and Berliners, could overcome the natural antagonism between male industrial mass production and female fashion. en 2008 Eckbert Schulz-Schomburgk From Leipzig to Venezuela 40 Dealing with people there was different from the way I dealt with Saxons, Berliners and others back in Leipzig. en 2014 Marco Polo Dresden Marco Polo Guide 382970755X 21 Not everyone from the former GDR states are Saxons – and they do not all speak Saxon, en Ireland Wales poetic An English/British person. en 1973 Sean McCarthy Shanagolden Then came the call to arms, love, the heather was aflame / Down from the silent mountains, the Saxon strangers came. en printing en uncountable US _ printing rare dated A size of type between German and Norse, 2-point type. A kind of rapidly spinning ground-based firework. Derived terms en Nether-Saxon Saxondom Saxonist saxonite Saxonville Transylvanian Saxon Related terms en Anglo-Saxon Descendants ko 색슨 1 cy Sacson 1 Translations member of Saxon tribe Albanian: sq sakson m Armenian: hy սաքս Asturian: ast saxón Belarusian: be сакс m Bulgarian: bg саксо́нец m, bg саксо́нка f Catalan: ca saxó m, ca saxona f Czech: cs Sas m Danish: da sakser c Dutch: nl Saks m, nl Sas dated Estonian: et saksi Farefare: gur saksɔŋa Faroese: fo saksi m Finnish: fi saksi French: Old French: fro Saiscon m Georgian: ka საქსი German: de Sachse m Greek: el Σάξονας m Hindi: hi सैक्सन m Hungarian: hu szász Irish: ga Sacsanach m Old Irish: sga Saxain m-p Italian: it sassone m f Japanese: ja サクソン人 サクソンじん, sakusonjin Korean: ko 색슨인 Latvian: lv saksis m Lithuanian: lt saksas m Low German: Dutch Low Saxon: nds-nl Sas m German Low German: nds-de Sas m Māori: mi Hakiana, mi Hakihona Norwegian: Bokmål: nb sakser m Nynorsk: nn saksar m Old English: ang Seaxa m Polish: pl Sas m Portuguese: pt saxão m, pt saxônio m, pt saxônico m Romanian: ro saxon m Russian: ru сакс m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Саксо́нац m Latin: sh Saksónac m Slovak: sk Sas m Slovene: sl Sas m, sl Sasinja f Spanish: es sajón m Swedish: sv saxare c, sv sachsare c Ukrainian: uk сакс m Welsh: cy Sacson m native or inhabitant of Saxony Asturian: ast saxón Belarusian: be саксо́нец m, be саксо́нка f Bulgarian: bg саксо́нец m, bg саксо́нка f Catalan: ca saxó m, ca saxona f Czech: cs Sas m Danish: da sakser c, da sachser c Dutch: nl Saks m Farefare: gur saksɔn-nẽra Faroese: fo saksi m, fo sakslendingur m Finnish: fi saksi, fi saksilainen French: fr Saxon m, fr Saxonne f Georgian: ka საქსონიელი, ka საქსონელი German: de Sachse m, de Sächsin f Hungarian: hu szász Irish: ga Sacsanach m Italian: it sassone m f Macedonian: mk Саксонец m, mk Саксонка f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb sakser m Nynorsk: nn saksar m Polish: pl Sas m, pl Saksończyk m, pl Saksonka f Portuguese: pt saxão m, pt saxônio m Russian: ru саксо́нец m, ru саксо́нка f Slovak: sk Sas m Spanish: es sajón m, es sajona f Swedish: sv sachsare c, sv saxare c Ukrainian: uk саксо́нець m, uk саксо́нка f Welsh: cy Sacson m 2-point type Dutch: nl non plus ultra, nl vierde petit German: de Non Plus Ultra, de Viertelpetit Proper noun <dab!> The language of the ancient Saxons. Upper Saxon, a dialect of modern High German spoken in Saxony. en 2014 Marco Polo Dresden Marco Polo Guide 382970755X 21 Not everyone from the former GDR states are Saxons – and they do not all speak Saxon, en 2014 Gaston Dorren Lingo: A Language Spotter's Guide to Europe 1782831398 But does this mean that Germans nowadays speak Saxon? Far from it, in fact; Saxon is the most widely despised dialect in Germany, by a wide margin. en. en male surnames modern or directly from the noun Saxon. A place name: en CDP co/Spartanburg County s/South Carolina c/USA. en unincorporated community co/Raleigh County s/West Virginia c/USA. en town/and/CDP therein, in co/Iron County s/Wisconsin c/USA. en municipality in dist/Martigny can/Valais c/Switzerland. Related terms ancient Saxons' language en Anglo-Saxon en English Saxon en Friso-Saxon en West Saxon en Semi-Saxon en Scoto-Saxon en Old Saxon (en Old Low Saxon, en Old Low German) en Middle Saxon (en Middle Low Saxon, en Middle Low German) en New Saxon (en New Low Saxon, en New Low German) High German dialect en Upper Saxon en Transylvanian Saxon Translations language of the Saxons Asturian: ast saxón Bulgarian: bg саксонски Catalan: ca saxó m Farefare: gur saksɔnnɛ Finnish: fi saksi Georgian: ka ძველი საქსონური, ka ძველი საქსონური ენა, ka საქსონური ენა German: de Sächsisch n, de Altsächsisch n Japanese: ja サクソン語 sakuson go Portuguese: pt saxão m, pt saxônico m Swedish: sv fornsaxiska c Upper Saxon Adjective Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Saxons. en M. K. Hume King Arthur: Dragon’s Child London Headline Review 2009 340 https://archive.org/details/kingarthurdragon0000hume/page/340/mode/1up 978 0 7553 4865 7 But his bitch queen was Saxon to the bone and her legacy showed in the sons that Vortigern bred off her. Katigern Minor might be young, but he has become what his grandfather never was – more Saxon than Celt. en Sandra Hill Viking in Love New York, N.Y. Avon 2010 353 https://archive.org/details/vikinginlove00/page/353/mode/1up 978-0-06-167349-8 Eadyth managed to make one of her beekeeping veils into a bridal veil hanging from a circlet of Drifa’s flowers. All this attire was more Saxon than Norse. So she wore her hair in one long braid, Viking style, and at her shoulder was a brooch in a writhing, intertwined animal design. / Her sisters looked just as lovely in their bright gowns, Tyra’s Saxon style, but the others pure Viking. en <<s/Saxony>>, <<c/Germany>>. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Saxon language. en Ireland Wales poetic Of, relating to, or characteristic of England, typically as opposed to a Celtic nationality. en w:Idries Shah Adventures, Facts and Fantasy in Darkest England London The Octagon Press 1987 325 https://archive.org/details/adventuresfactsf0000shah/page/325/mode/1up 0 863040 39 X He was a large, very Saxon type of man; that is to say, an English one, having shed the vices and cruelties and developed the patience and cool-headedness. Derived terms en Saxonic Saxonism Saxonist saxonite Saxonize Saxonly Saxonness Related terms en Anglo-Saxon Translations of Saxons, Saxony or Saxon language Albanian: sq sakson Arabic: ar سَكْسُونِيّ Asturian: ast saxón Belarusian: be саксо́нскі Bulgarian: bg саксо́нски Catalan: ca saxó Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 撒克遜 sākèxùn Czech: cs saský Danish: da saksisk Dutch: nl Saksisch Farefare: gur saksɔn Faroese: fo saksiskur Finnish: fi saksilainen, fi saksi- French: fr saxon Friulian: fur sasson German: de sächsisch Greek: el σαξονικός Hungarian: hu szász Italian: it sassone Japanese: ja サクソン sakuson Korean: ko 색슨 Latvian: lv sakšu Lithuanian: lt saksų Macedonian: mk саксонски Norwegian: Bokmål: nb saksisk Nynorsk: nn saksisk Occitan: oc saxon Old English: ang *Seaxisċ Old Norse: non saxlenzkr, non saxneskr Polish: pl saksoński, pl saski Portuguese: pt saxão, pt saxônio, pt saxônico Romanian: ro saxon, ro saxonic Russian: ru саксо́нский Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh са̀ксо̄нскӣ Latin: sh sàksōnskī Slovak: sk saský Slovene: sl saški Spanish: es sajón Swedish: sv saxisk, sv sachsisk Thai: th แซกซัน Ukrainian: uk саксо́нський Vietnamese: vi Sắc Interlingua: ia saxone See also en Saxonian Anagrams en anosx Axson Naxos axons en Germanic tribes Dialects French Etymology fr ine-pro *sek- fr fro Saxon, 1 fr la-lat Saxō, of fr gmw - origin, ultimately from fr gmw-pro *Sahsō. Noun m + fr <<s/Saxony>>, <<c/Germany>> Saxon m Further reading