Saxon in a sentence

G. Stanely, Imagining the Anglo-Saxon Past: The Search for Anglo-Saxon Paganism and Anglo-Saxon Trial by Jury (Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 1975, rpt.

Similarly powerful Mercia kings such as Offa are missed out of the West Saxon Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, which sought to demonstrate the legitimacy of their kings to rule over other Anglo-Saxon peoples.

Today, Low Saxon can be divided in two groups: Low Saxon varieties with a reasonable Standard German influx and varieties of Standard German with a Low Saxon influence known as Missingsch main.

Second row, President-Elect Paul Saxon, Treasurer Jerry Reisch, Vice President John Rhoads, Board Members Melissa Saxon, Fred DiMaria, Sandy Peoples.

Situated in Penn Street, the new development of 56 one and two-bedroom age-exclusive apartments has been named Saxon Gardens, in recognition of the Saxon history of Oakham and beautiful landscaped gardens planned for the development.

A Catalogue of Manuscripts Containing Anglo-Saxon; with supplement prepared by Neil Ker originally published in Anglo-Saxon England; 5, 1957.

Ælle's death is not recorded and although he may have been the founder of a South Saxon dynasty, there is no firm evidence linking him with later South Saxon rulers.

Although not themselves sources of law, Anglo-Saxon charters are a most valuable historical source for tracing the actual legal practices of the various Anglo-Saxon communities.

Anglo-Saxon medicine The Anglo-Saxon charm Wið Dweorh ( Against a Dwarf ) appears to relate to sleep disturbances.

At least 353 of the 387 manors, in the county, were taken from their Saxon owners and given to the victorious Normans by the Conqueror, Saxon power in Sussex was at an end.

Cuthwulf's relationship with Ceawlin is unknown, but the alliteration common to Anglo-Saxon royal families suggests Cuthwulf may be part of the West Saxon royal line.

In his supplementary article to the 1935 posthumous edition of Bright's Anglo-Saxon Reader, Dr. James Hulbert writes: In such historical conditions, an incalculable amount of the writings of the Anglo-Saxon period perished.

It has been conjectured that, as Saxon war leader, Ælle may have met his death in the disastrous battle of Mount Badon when the Britons halted Saxon expansion Alec Hamilton-Barr.

It is given to some of the rulers of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms from the 5th century onwards who had achieved overlordship of some or all of the other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.

Low Saxon dialects Low Saxon is officially recognized as a language on its own, but despite this fact, there's little official action taken on fostering the language.

Plunkett, Suffolk in Anglo-Saxon Times, pp. 76–78 The excavated grave-goods of the Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Gipeswic, including those found in burials under small barrows, were not particularly wealthy or elaborate.

Rollason, D.W., "Lists of Saints' resting-places in Anglo-Saxon England", in Anglo-Saxon England 7, 1978, p. 91. Poetry In relation to English poetry, poets can call attention to certain words in a line of poetry by using alliteration.

Stenton, Anglo-Saxon England, p. 224. Many historians regard Offa's achievements as second only to Alfred the Great among the Anglo-Saxon kings.

Swanton, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, pp. xviii-xix It should also be noted that the terms 'British' and 'Welsh' were used interchangeably, as 'Welsh' is the Saxon word meaning 'foreigner', and was applied to all the native Romano-British of the era.

The Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain resulted in Anglo-Saxon, or English, displacement of and cultural assimilation of the indigenous culture, the Brythonic speaking British culture causing the foundation of a new Kingdom, England.