West Saxon

noun

the Old English dialect of the West Saxon kingdom, dominant after a.d. c850 and the medium of nearly all the literary remains of Old English.

any of the English of the period before the Norman Conquest who lived in the region south of the Thames and west of Surrey and Sussex.

a person whose native tongue was West Saxon.

adjective

of or relating to the West Saxons or their dialect.

Origin of West Saxon

1350–1400; Middle English, for Old English WestseaxanWessex; see west, Saxon

Words nearby West Saxon

Westpolitik, Westport, West Prussia, West Puente Valley, West Riding, West Saxon, West Seneca, West Side, west-southwest, west-southwestward, West Springfield

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Example sentences from the Web for West Saxon

The completion of the West-Saxon realm was in fact reserved for the hands, not of a king or warrior, but of a priest.
History of the English People, Volume I (of 8)|John Richard Green
Forms with the slenderer, or more vocalic sounds, replace forms which in the West-Saxon are broad or diphthongal.
The English Language|Robert Gordon Latham
The stages above Geat are found in the genealogy of the West-Saxon kings only.
Beowulf|R. W. Chambers
With the crown of the West-Saxon kings, he had taken up their claims to supremacy over the whole island, and probably beyond it.
William the Conqueror|Edward Augustus Freeman

The spelling has been made rigorously uniform throughout on an early West-Saxon basis.
Anglo-Saxon Primer|Henry Sweet

British Dictionary definitions for West Saxon

West Saxon

/ (in Anglo-Saxon England) /

adjective

of or relating to Wessex, its inhabitants, or their dialect

noun

the dialect of Old English spoken in Wessex: the chief literary dialect of Old EnglishSee also Anglian, Kentish

an inhabitant of Wessex

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单词	west saxon
释义	West Saxon noun the Old English dialect of the West Saxon kingdom, dominant after a.d. c850 and the medium of nearly all the literary remains of Old English. any of the English of the period before the Norman Conquest who lived in the region south of the Thames and west of Surrey and Sussex. a person whose native tongue was West Saxon. adjective of or relating to the West Saxons or their dialect. Origin of West Saxon 1350–1400; Middle English, for Old English WestseaxanWessex; see west, Saxon Words nearby West Saxon Westpolitik, Westport, West Prussia, West Puente Valley, West Riding, West Saxon, West Seneca, West Side, west-southwest, west-southwestward, West Springfield Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for West Saxon The completion of the West-Saxon realm was in fact reserved for the hands, not of a king or warrior, but of a priest. History of the English People, Volume I (of 8)\|John Richard Green Forms with the slenderer, or more vocalic sounds, replace forms which in the West-Saxon are broad or diphthongal. The English Language\|Robert Gordon Latham The stages above Geat are found in the genealogy of the West-Saxon kings only. Beowulf\|R. W. Chambers With the crown of the West-Saxon kings, he had taken up their claims to supremacy over the whole island, and probably beyond it. William the Conqueror\|Edward Augustus Freeman The spelling has been made rigorously uniform throughout on an early West-Saxon basis. Anglo-Saxon Primer\|Henry Sweet British Dictionary definitions for West Saxon West Saxon / (in Anglo-Saxon England) / adjective of or relating to Wessex, its inhabitants, or their dialect noun the dialect of Old English spoken in Wessex: the chief literary dialect of Old EnglishSee also Anglian, Kentish an inhabitant of Wessex Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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