Seaxan

Old English ang Old English Seaxa etc. Alternative forms ang Seaxe Saxan Etymology ang Saxon :inh gmw-pro:*Sahsō<id:Saxon> ang ine-pro *sek- From ang gmw-pro *Sahsō *Sahsan. See also seax. Pronunciation Seaxan ang æ͜ɑk.sɑn 2 Proper noun m-p the Saxons Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript E, year 605 ang Augustīnus cwæþ, "Ġif Wēalas nyllaþ sibbe wiþ ūs, hīe sċulon æt Seaxna handa forweorðan." Augustine said, "If the Celts don't want peace with us, they'll have to perish at the hands [lit. "hand"] of the Saxons." Usage notes The genitive plural is Seaxna, not regular Seaxena. Syncopated -na was apparently the inherited gen. pl. ending in weak nouns; but *a was then inserted by analogy with the nom.-acc. pl., subsequently dissimilating to *e.154 By the literary period, the syncopated form is uncommon except in poetry and in some weak names of peoples. The syncope is preserved consistently in Seaxan, often in ang Francan the French and ang Frīsan Frisians, and never in ang Gota Gotan (“Goths”) and ang Sigelhearwa Siġelhearwan (“Ethiopians”), though for the last two few examples survive. Declension weak Seaxan Seaxan Seaxna Seaxum Derived terms ang Angelseaxan Ealdseaxan Ēastseaxan Middelseaxan *Seaxisċ Seaxland Sūþseaxan Westseaxan See also ang Engle References ang Demonyms