Saxon

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Saxon

Type

free base

Denotation

ancient West Germanic tribe originally living south of the eastern North Sea coast in modern northern Germany before invading Britain

Etymology

Middle English Saxoun, Saxon, Sexun, Saxun; unattested Old English *Seaxa (Seaxan); Latin Saxōnēs, from Saxō

Evidence

Saxon, Saxonian, Saxons, Saxony

Doublet

Sais

See Also

Sais