Old English · proper noun
Seaxan
- Part of speech
- proper noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈsæ͜ɑk.sɑn/
- Syllables
- ˈsæ͜ɑk · sɑn (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- saxons
Meaning
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(plural)the Saxons
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript E, year 605
Augustine said, "If the Celts don't want peace with us, they'll have to perish at the hands [lit. "hand"] of the Saxons."
Declension
All forms (3)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *Sahsan. See also seax.
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