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Eastseaxan
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Old English
Alternative forms
ang Ēastseaxe
Etymology
ang ēast east Seaxan Saxons
Pronunciation
Ēast-seaxan
Proper noun
Ēastseaxan m-p
the East Saxons
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
ang Of Seaxum, þæt is of þām lande þe mon hāteð Ealdseaxan, cōman Ēastseaxan ⁊ Sūðseaxan ⁊ Westseaxan. From the Saxons, that is, from the land known as Old Saxony, came the East-Saxons and South-Saxons and West-Saxons.
Essex
Declension
weak *Ēastseaxa Ēastseaxan *Ēastseaxan Ēastseaxan *Ēastseaxan Ēastseaxna *Ēastseaxan Ēastseaxum
Descendants
enm Estsex
en Essex
ang Counties of England
ang Demonyms