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West Saxon

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West Saxon
n.
1. The dialect of Old English used in southern England that was the chief literary dialect of England before the Norman Conquest.
2. One of the Saxons inhabiting Wessex during the centuries before the Norman Conquest.
West Saxon (in Anglo-Saxon England)
adj
(Historical Terms) (Social Science / Peoples) (Linguistics / Languages) of or relating to Wessex, its inhabitants, or their dialect
n
1. (Linguistics / Languages) the dialect of Old English spoken in Wessex: the chief literary dialect of Old English See also Anglian, Kentish
2. (Historical Terms) (Social Science / Peoples) an inhabitant of Wessex
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Noun1.West Saxon - an inhabitant of Wessex
Saxon - 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
2.West Saxon - a literary dialect of Old English
Old English, Anglo-Saxon - English prior to about 1100
3.West Saxon - a dialect of Middle English
Southwestern
Middle English - English from about 1100 to 1450


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Anglo-Saxon Prose, of the West Saxon Period, tenth and eleventh centuries, beginning with King Alfred, 871-901.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
"Little enough, good father, little enough," said the novice, speaking English with a broad West Saxon drawl.
The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
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