West Saxon

West Saxon
noun Date: 14th century 1. a member or a descendant of the Saxons who occupied England largely south of the Thames, west of the Downs, and east of Dartmoor 2. a dialect of Old English used as the chief literary dialect in England before the Norman Conquest

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  • West Saxon — noun 1. an inhabitant of Wessex • Hypernyms: ↑Saxon 2. a literary dialect of Old English • Hypernyms: ↑Old English, ↑Anglo Saxon 3. a dialect of Middle English • Syn: ↑Southwestern …   Useful english dictionary

  • West Saxon — /wɛst ˈsæksən/ (say west saksuhn) adjective 1. of or relating to Wessex (def. 1). –noun 2. the dialect of Old English spoken in Wessex …  

  • West Saxon Lage — The laws of the West Saxons, which obtained in the counties to the south and west of England, from Kent to Devonshire. Blackstone supposes these to have been much the same with the laws of Alfred, being the municipal law of the far most… …   Black's law dictionary

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