The language of the Saxons: = Anglo-Saxon, n. 2a in its various applications. Often used for Modern English speech of Saxon or Anglo-Saxon origin…
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释义 | the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > Old English (14) Saxon1390 The language of the Saxons: = Anglo-Saxon, n. 2a in its various applications. Often used for Modern English speech of Saxon or Anglo-Saxon origin… Saxonish1549 Belonging to the Saxons; resembling what is Saxon. English-Saxona1669 = Anglo-Saxon, n. 2a. Now rare. Anglo-Saxon1678 The English language as spoken before 1150; Old English. OE1868 Old English. Old English1871 The English language of an earlier period; (now) spec. the language in use until around 1150. Cf. Middle English, n. pre-English1920 The West Germanic or Anglo-Frisian dialect from which English developed; (also occasionally) English before written records. Also more generally… Subcategories:— varieties of (5) — one learned in (2) |
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