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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

Of its origin and early history we have no record except the bare statement of Bede that its settlers were of the Old Saxon race.

The Old-Saxon language, however, is extinct, and the blood considerably mixed.

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

The whole poem thrills with the Old Saxon love of the sea and of ships.

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