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Eald-Seaxe

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Eald-Seaxe, Ald-Seaxe; gen. -Seaxa; dat. -Seaxum; pl. m: Eald-Seaxan; pl. m.
The Old-Saxons; antīqui Saxŏnes; the German or continental Saxons occupying the territory between the Eyder and the Weser
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  • Hér Eald-Seaxe [Ald-Seaxe,

    • Th. 92, 29, col. 1
    ] and Francan gefuhton

    in this year [A.D. 779] the Old-Saxons and the Franks fought,

    • Chr. 779
      • ;
    • Th. 93, 29, col. 1,
      • 2.

  • Gegadrode mycel sciphere on Eald-Seaxum [Ald-Seaxum, col. 1]

    a large naval force assembled among the Old-Saxons,

    • 885
      • ;
    • Th. 154, 20, col. 2, 3: 449
      • ;
    • Th. 20, 20, 26: 924
      • ;
    • Th. 199, 10: Bd. 5,
      • 10;
    • 13. 624, 12,
      • 22.

  • Be norþan Þyringum syndon Eald-Seaxan and be norþan westan him syndon Frysan, and be westan Eald-Seaxum is Ælfe múþa ðære eá and Frysland

    to the north of the Thuringians are the Old-Saxons, and to the north-west of them are the Friesians, and to the west of the Old-Saxons is the mouth of the river Elbe and Friesland,

    • Ors. 1,
      • 1;
    • Bos. 18, 34: Bos. 19,
      • 14.
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v.  Ald-Seaxe.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “Eald-Seaxe.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/8459.

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