Old Saxon

American  

noun

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

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Old Saxon British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Old Saxon

First recorded in 1830–35

Example Sentences

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Old Saxon

Reading constantly, Engels learned "to stutter in 20 languages," learned Persian in three weeks, once wrote that he was going to take a fortnight off to master Gothic before studying Old Nordic and Old Saxon.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Saxon of the Continent used to be called Dano-Saxon, and is called Old Saxon.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

Others again say that it was the Old Saxon Emperor Henry who had a royal good time with the water-nymph Ilse in her enchanted castle.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno

Of the dialects enumerated above, Bavarian and Alemannic, High and Rhenish Franconian as well as Old Saxon are more or less represented in the literature of the first period.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various

The Old Saxon Biblical poetry belongs to the middle of the 9th century; the Old English translation of a portion of it is consequently later than this.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various