Old Saxon
noun
the Saxon dialect of Low German in use before c1100. Abbreviations: OS, O.S.
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Origin of Old Saxon
First recorded in 1830–35
Words nearby Old Saxon
old river, old rose, Old Russian, Olds, old saw, Old Saxon, old school, old school tie, Old Scratch, old shoe, old skool
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Example sentences from the Web for Old Saxon
The Old-Saxon language, however, is extinct, and the blood considerably mixed.
The Ethnology of Europe|Robert Gordon Latham
British Dictionary definitions for Old Saxon
Old Saxon
noun
the Saxon dialect of Low German up to about 1200, from which modern Low German is derivedAbbreviation: OS
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