Old Saxonn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌəʊld ˈsaksn/, U.S.

/ˌoʊl(d) ˈsæks(ə)n/

Forms: see old adj. and Saxon n. and adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: old adj., Saxon n.

Etymology: < old adj. + Saxon n., after post-classical Latin Antiqui Saxones (plural, 731 in Bede in the passage translated in quot. a1387 at sense A. 1; compare also quot. eOE²). In sense A. 2 probably after German Altsächsisch (J. Grimm Deutsche Grammatik (1819) I. 161; also as adjective, with reference to language and literature).Compare Old English Ealdseaxe, Ealdseaxan Old Saxons; compare:eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) i. i. 12 Be norþan him sindon Ealdseaxan, and be norþanwestan him sindon Frisan.eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) v. xi. 416 Hio ða ilcan Ealdseaxan næfdan agene cyning; ah monige aldormenn wæran þeode forsette.lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 779 Her Ealdseaxe & Francon gefuhton.

A. n.

1. Any one of those Saxons who remained in continental Europe, as distinguished from those who conquered and occupied parts of southern Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries. See Saxon n. 1a and Anglo-Saxon n. and adj.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > other inhabitants of ancient Europe > [noun]

Old Saxona1387

Massilian1563

Pannonian1578

Silurist1650

Dacian1776

West German1854

Massaliot1856

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 261 Þe olde Saxones haue no kyng, but meny knyȝtes of here owne ruleþ hem.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxxviii. 613 Three valiant tribes or nations of Germany; the Jutes, the old Saxons, and the Angles.

1871 Trans. Amer. Philol. Soc. 2 108 The Anglo-Saxons, Old Saxons, and Icelanders mark off their poetry into verses by the rhythmic repetition of letters.

1880 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 9 433 He [sc. Bede] says there was no king among the old Saxons,..but in time of war they elected one of them as their over-chief.

1933 Speculum 8 70 The supposition that ON. Eistr. or Eistir was taken over and remodeled by the Old Saxons remains pure theory.

1995 Speculum 70 470 One must..consider the distinctive social and political structures of the Old Saxons when attempting to uncover the long-term causes of the Stellinga revolt in 841.

2. The language of the Old Saxons, especially as exemplified in the remains of 9th-cent. poetry, including the Heliand and some fragments of paraphrases of the story of Genesis.Sometimes referred to as Old Low German: see Old Low German n. at old adj. Compounds 7b.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > German > Low German > Old Saxon

Old Saxon1833

Old Low German1871

1833 Philol. Museum 2 379 The tongues of the Old, the Middle and New High Dutch, the Old Saxon, the Middle and New Low-Dutch, the Middle and New Netherlandish, and the Old Frisian.

1841 R. G. Latham Eng. Lang. iii. 51 Grammatical Structure of Old Saxon, as compared with Anglo-Saxon.

1872 R. Morris Hist. Outl. Eng. Accidence §9 To the Low German division belong the following languages:—(1) Gothic..(2) Frisian..(3) Dutch..(4) Flemish..(5) Old Saxon..(6) English.

1908 J. Wright & E. M. Wright Old Eng. Gram. 2 Low German... Up to about 1300 it is generally called Old Saxon.

1948 Trans. Philol. Soc. 1947 14 This view..attached over much weight to literary Old Saxon, a language highly divergent from Old Frisian.

1997 Speculum 72 571 In the poetry of the other Germanic languages..there is evidence that the [metrical] constraint is observed in Old Norse but not in Old Saxon or Old High German.

B. adj.

Of or relating to the Old Saxons or their language.

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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > [adjective] > Germanic regions

East German1854

Old Saxon1891

Saxe1904

1891 Mod. Lang. Notes 6 221 The preparation of the Old-Saxon Grammar is divided between Behaghel and Gallée.

1933 Speculum 8 70 A hypothetical Low-German (more specifically, Old-Saxon) form..has been brought forward as the source of OE. Osti, a tribal name.

1988 Geografiska Annaler B. 70 192/2 The early medieval place-names are from the Pre-Carolingian period. these names have Germanic, Old-Saxon and Old-Dutch origins.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	old saxon
释义	Old Saxonn.adj. Brit. /ˌəʊld ˈsaksn/, U.S. /ˌoʊl(d) ˈsæks(ə)n/ Forms: see old adj. and Saxon n. and adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: old adj., Saxon n. Etymology: < old adj. + Saxon n., after post-classical Latin Antiqui Saxones (plural, 731 in Bede in the passage translated in quot. a1387 at sense A. 1; compare also quot. eOE²). In sense A. 2 probably after German Altsächsisch (J. Grimm Deutsche Grammatik (1819) I. 161; also as adjective, with reference to language and literature).Compare Old English Ealdseaxe, Ealdseaxan Old Saxons; compare:eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) i. i. 12 Be norþan him sindon Ealdseaxan, and be norþanwestan him sindon Frisan.eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) v. xi. 416 Hio ða ilcan Ealdseaxan næfdan agene cyning; ah monige aldormenn wæran þeode forsette.lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 779 Her Ealdseaxe & Francon gefuhton. A. n. 1. Any one of those Saxons who remained in continental Europe, as distinguished from those who conquered and occupied parts of southern Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries. See Saxon n. 1a and Anglo-Saxon n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > other inhabitants of ancient Europe > [noun] Old Saxona1387 Massilian1563 Pannonian1578 Silurist1650 Dacian1776 West German1854 Massaliot1856 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 261 Þe olde Saxones haue no kyng, but meny knyȝtes of here owne ruleþ hem. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxxviii. 613 Three valiant tribes or nations of Germany; the Jutes, the old Saxons, and the Angles. 1871 Trans. Amer. Philol. Soc. 2 108 The Anglo-Saxons, Old Saxons, and Icelanders mark off their poetry into verses by the rhythmic repetition of letters. 1880 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 9 433 He [sc. Bede] says there was no king among the old Saxons,..but in time of war they elected one of them as their over-chief. 1933 Speculum 8 70 The supposition that ON. Eistr. or Eistir was taken over and remodeled by the Old Saxons remains pure theory. 1995 Speculum 70 470 One must..consider the distinctive social and political structures of the Old Saxons when attempting to uncover the long-term causes of the Stellinga revolt in 841. 2. The language of the Old Saxons, especially as exemplified in the remains of 9th-cent. poetry, including the Heliand and some fragments of paraphrases of the story of Genesis.Sometimes referred to as Old Low German: see Old Low German n. at old adj. Compounds 7b. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > German > Low German > Old Saxon Old Saxon1833 Old Low German1871 1833 Philol. Museum 2 379 The tongues of the Old, the Middle and New High Dutch, the Old Saxon, the Middle and New Low-Dutch, the Middle and New Netherlandish, and the Old Frisian. 1841 R. G. Latham Eng. Lang. iii. 51 Grammatical Structure of Old Saxon, as compared with Anglo-Saxon. 1872 R. Morris Hist. Outl. Eng. Accidence §9 To the Low German division belong the following languages:—(1) Gothic..(2) Frisian..(3) Dutch..(4) Flemish..(5) Old Saxon..(6) English. 1908 J. Wright & E. M. Wright Old Eng. Gram. 2 Low German... Up to about 1300 it is generally called Old Saxon. 1948 Trans. Philol. Soc. 1947 14 This view..attached over much weight to literary Old Saxon, a language highly divergent from Old Frisian. 1997 Speculum 72 571 In the poetry of the other Germanic languages..there is evidence that the [metrical] constraint is observed in Old Norse but not in Old Saxon or Old High German. B. adj. Of or relating to the Old Saxons or their language. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > [adjective] > Germanic regions East German1854 Old Saxon1891 Saxe1904 1891 Mod. Lang. Notes 6 221 The preparation of the Old-Saxon Grammar is divided between Behaghel and Gallée. 1933 Speculum 8 70 A hypothetical Low-German (more specifically, Old-Saxon) form..has been brought forward as the source of OE. Osti, a tribal name. 1988 Geografiska Annaler B. 70 192/2 The early medieval place-names are from the Pre-Carolingian period. these names have Germanic, Old-Saxon and Old-Dutch origins. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.a1387
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