saxon : Idioms & Phrases

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anglo-saxon

  • noun a native or inhabitant of England prior to the Norman Conquest
  • noun a person of Anglo-Saxon (especially British) descent whose native tongue is English and whose culture is strongly influenced by English culture as in WASP for `White Anglo-Saxon Protestant'
    • in the ninth century the Vikings began raiding the Anglo-Saxons in Britain
    • his ancestors were not just British, they were Anglo-Saxons
  • noun English prior to about 1100
    Old English.
  • adjective of or relating to the Anglo-Saxons or their language
    • Anglo-Saxon poetry
    • The Anglo-Saxon population of Scotland
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An"glo-Sax"on noun
Etymology
L. Angli-Saxones English Saxons.
Definitions
  1. A Saxon of Britain, that is, an English Saxon, or one the Saxons who settled in England, as distinguished from a continental (or "Old") Saxon.
  2. pl. The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of England, or the English people, collectively, before the Norman Conquest.
    It is quite correct to call Æthelstan "King of the Anglo-Saxons," but to call this or that subject of Æthelstan "an Anglo-Saxon" is simply nonsense. E. A. Freeman.
  3. The language of the English people before the Conquest (sometimes called Old English). See Saxon.
  4. One of the race or people who claim descent from the Saxons, Angles, or other Teutonic tribes who settled in England; a person of English descent in its broadest sense.
An"glo-Sax"on adjective
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to the Anglo-Saxons or their language.
Webster 1913

anglo-saxon deity

  • noun (Anglo-Saxon mythology) a deity worshipped by the Anglo-Saxons
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four-letter anglo-saxon word

  • noun any of several short English words (often having 4 letters) generally regarded as obscene or offensive
    four-letter word.
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old Saxon

  • noun Low German prior to 1200
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  • the saxon of the continent of Europe in the old form of the language, as shown particularly in the "Heliand", a metrical narration of the gospel history preserved in manuscripts of the 9th century.
Webster 1913

Saxon blue

  • (Dyeing), a deep blue liquid used in dyeing, and obtained by dissolving indigo in concentrated sulphuric acid. Brande & C.
Webster 1913

Saxon green

  • (Dyeing), a green color produced by dyeing with yellow upon a ground of Saxon blue.
Webster 1913

semi-saxon

Sem`i-Sax"on adjective
Definitions
  1. Half Saxon; -- specifically applied to the language intermediate between Saxon and English, belonging to the period 1150-1250.
Webster 1913

west saxon

  • noun an inhabitant of Wessex
  • noun a literary dialect of Old English
  • noun a dialect of Middle English
    Southwestern.
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white anglo-saxon protestant

  • noun a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination
    WASP.
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