Westseaxan
Old English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Westseaxan m pl
- the West Saxons
- late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
- Of Seaxum, þæt is of þām lande þe mon hāteð Ealdseaxan, cōman Ēastseaxan ⁊ Sūðseaxan ⁊ Westseaxan.
- From the Saxons, that is, from the land known as Old Saxony, came the East-Saxons and South-Saxons and West-Saxons.
- late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
- Wessex
Declension
[edit]Weak:
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| nominative | — | Westseaxan |
| accusative | — | Westseaxan |
| genitive | — | Westseaxna |
| dative | — | Westseaxum |
References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “WEST-SEAXE”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.