Definition of Saxons. Meaning of Saxons. Synonyms of Saxons

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Definition of Saxons

Saxon
Saxon Sax"on, a. Of or pertaining to the Saxons, their country, or their language. (b) Anglo-Saxon. (c) Of or pertaining to Saxony or its inhabitants. Saxon blue (Dyeing), a deep blue liquid used in dyeing, and obtained by dissolving indigo in concentrated sulphuric acid. --Brande & C. Saxon green (Dyeing), a green color produced by dyeing with yellow upon a ground of Saxon blue.

Meaning of Saxons from wikipedia

- The Saxons, sometimes called the Old Saxons or Continental Saxons, were the Germanic people of early medieval "Old" Saxony (Latin: Antiqua Saxonia) which...
- 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...
- or referred to as Zipser Saxons) from Zips, northeastern Slovakia, as well as Maramureș and Bucovina, the Transylvanian Saxons are one of the three eldest...
- The people referred to as "Anglo-Saxons" by modern scholars tend to be referred to in Latin sources as "Saxons" (Saxones). This term only began to be used...
- Angles Middle Saxons (Middle****, subsequently absorbed by the Kingdom of Es****) Pecsæte Surrey Tomsæte Wreocensæte Wihtwara Anglo-Saxon England portal...
- among the Anglo-Saxons of Kent in 597. To distinguish them, Bede called the pagan Saxons of the mainland the "Old Saxons" (antiqui saxones). Similarly, a...
- the term. "Anglo-Saxons" is similar to, though not synonymous with, the Russian propaganda phrase "the collective West". "Anglo-Saxons" also has implications...
- until Alfred the Great declared himself as King of the Anglo-Saxons in 886. The Anglo-Saxons believed that Wes**** was founded by Cerdic and Cynric of the...
- before the ancestral Angles and Saxons left continental Europe for Britain. More entered the language when the Anglo-Saxons were converted to Christianity...
- [ˈæɫvˌræːd]; c. 849 – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest...