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Ealdseaxan
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Old English
Alternative forms
ang Ealdseaxe
Etymology
ang eald old Seaxan Saxons
Pronunciation
Eald-Seaxan
Proper noun
m-p
the continental Saxons
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
ang An. DCCLXXX Hēr Ealdsexe ⁊ Francan ġefuhton. Year 780 In this year the Saxons and Franks fought.
Saxony
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript A, year 885
ang Þȳ ilcan ġēare ġegaderode miċel sċiphere on Ealdseaxum, and þǣr wearþ miċel ġefeoht—twā on ġēare—and þā Seaxan hæfdon siġe, and þǣr wǣron Frīsan mid. That same year a great naval fleet gathered in Saxony, and there happened a great battle—second one in the year—and the Saxons had victory, and there were Frisians with them.
Declension
weak Ealdseaxan Ealdseaxan Ealdseaxna Ealdseaxum
Synonyms
Saxony ang Seaxland
ang Demonyms