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- DictionarySaxon/ˈsaksn/
noun
- 1. a member of a people that inhabited parts of central and northern Germany from Roman times, many of whom conquered and settled in much of southern England in the 5th–6th centuries.
- 2. the West Germanic language of the ancient Saxons.
adjective
- 1. relating to the Anglo-Saxons, their language (Old English), or their period of dominance in England (5th–11th centuries).
- 2. relating to Saxony or the continental Saxons or their language.
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The Saxons, sometimes called the Old Saxons, were the Germanic people of "Old" Saxony (Latin: Antiqua Saxonia) which became a Carolingian "stem duchy" in 804, in what is now northern Germany. [1]
Aug 7, 2024 · Saxon, member of a Germanic people who in ancient times lived in the area of modern Schleswig and along the Baltic coast. During the 5th century CE the Saxons spread rapidly through north Germany and along the coasts of Gaul and Britain.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jun 15, 2023 · The Saxons were a Germanic people of the region north of the Elbe River stretching from Holstein (in modern-day Germany) to the North Sea. The Saxons who migrated to Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries...
- Joshua J. Mark
The Anglo-Saxons were a mix of tribes from Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands. The three biggest were the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes. The land they settled in became...
5 days ago · Anglo-Saxon, term used historically to describe any member of the Germanic peoples who, from the 5th century ce to the time of the Norman Conquest (1066), inhabited and ruled territories that are today part of England and Wales.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Anglo-Saxon is a term traditionally used to describe the people who, from the 5th-century CE to the time of the Norman Conquest (1066), inhabited a...
- Archaeological evidence suggests that the first migrants to Britain from the Germanic areas of mainland Europe antedated the Roman withdrawal from...
- The peoples of the various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms spoke distinctive dialects, which evolved over time and together became known as Old English.
- The term Anglo-Saxon seems to have been first used by Continental writers in the late 8th century to distinguish the Saxons of Britain from those o...
The Anglo-Saxons, in some contexts simply called Saxons or the English, were a cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages.
Apr 26, 2020 · The Anglo-Saxon period lasted from the early fifth century AD to 1066 – after the Romans and before the Normans. But how much do you know about the Anglo-Saxons? Who were they, where did they come from, and where did they settle?
