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Old Saxon

noun

  1. the Saxon dialect of Low German in use before c1100. : OS, O.S.


Old Saxon

noun

  1. the Saxon dialect of Low German up to about 1200, from which modern Low German is derived OS
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Old Saxon1

First recorded in 1830–35
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Example Sentences

Twice a month, former locals or their descendants still gather here for Sunday service, mostly held in Low German, a dialect derived from Old Saxon.

Of this the part corresponding to lines 790-820 exists also in the original Old Saxon.

The present survey is consequently divided into six main sections: I. The Old High German Period, including the literature of the Old Saxon dialect, from the earliest times to the middle of the 11th century.

The form Seaxneat is identical with Saxnot, one of three gods mentioned in a short continental document probably of Old Saxon origin.

This unfortunate nomenclature is due to the term Angli Saxones, which Latin writers used as a designation for the English Saxons as distinguished from the continental or Old Saxons.

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