Saxon : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Saxon	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Saxon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Saxon adj of or relating to or characteristic of the early Saxons or Anglo-Saxons and their descendents (especially the English or Lowland Scots) and their language; "Saxon princes"; "for greater clarity choose a plain Saxon term instead of a latinate one" n a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; dominant in England until the Norman Conquest
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Saxon \Sax"on\, a. Of or pertaining to the Saxons, their country, or their language. (b) Anglo-Saxon. (c) Of or pertaining to Saxony or its inhabitants. {Saxon blue} (Dyeing), a deep blue liquid used in dyeing, and obtained by dissolving indigo in concentrated sulphuric acid. --Brande & C. {Saxon green} (Dyeing), a green color produced by dyeing with yellow upon a ground of Saxon blue.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Saxon \Sax"on\ (s[acr]ks"[ucr]n or -'n), n. [L. Saxo, pl. Saxones, from the Saxon national name; cf. AS. pl. Seaxe, Seaxan, fr. seax a knife, a short sword, a dagger (akin to OHG. sahs, and perhaps to L. saxum rock, stone, knives being originally made of stone); and cf. G. Sachse, pl. Sachsen. Cf. {Saxifrage}.] 1. (a) One of a nation or people who formerly dwelt in the northern part of Germany, and who, with other Teutonic tribes, invaded and conquered England in the fifth and sixth centuries. (b) Also used in the sense of Anglo-Saxon. (c) A native or inhabitant of modern Saxony. 2. The language of the Saxons; Anglo-Saxon. {Old Saxon}, the Saxon of the continent of Europe in the old form of the language, as shown particularly in the [bd]Heliand[b8], a metrical narration of the gospel history preserved in manuscripts of the 9th century.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
German \Ger"man\, n.; pl. {Germans}[L. Germanus, prob. of Celtis origin.] 1. A native or one of the people of Germany. 2. The German language. 3. (a) A round dance, often with a waltz movement, abounding in capriciosly involved figures. (b) A social party at which the german is danced. {High German}, the Teutonic dialect of Upper or Southern Germany, -- comprising Old High German, used from the 8th to the 11th century; Middle H. G., from the 12th to the 15th century; and Modern or New H. G., the language of Luther's Bible version and of modern German literature. The dialects of Central Germany, the basis of the modern literary language, are often called Middle German, and the Southern German dialects Upper German; but High German is also used to cover both groups. {Low German}, the language of Northern Germany and the Netherlands, -- including {Friesic}; {Anglo-Saxon} or {Saxon}; {Old Saxon}; {Dutch} or {Low Dutch}, with its dialect, {Flemish}; and {Plattdeutsch} (called also {Low German}), spoken in many dialects.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Saxon, SC (CDP, FIPS 64240) Location: 34.96207 N, 81.97131 W Population (1990): 4002 (1520 housing units) Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Saxon, WI Zip code(s): 54559 Saxon, WV Zip code(s): 25180