Semi-Saxon

English

Alternative forms

• semi-Saxon

Etymology

semi- +‎ Saxon

Proper noun

Semi-Saxon

1. (obsolete) Late Old English and early Middle English, perceived as a language intermediate between Anglo-Saxon and English and belonging to the period from 1100 to 1200/1230/1250 (depending on author).

Translations

Translations

• German: Neuangelsächsisch n, Halbsächsich n

Adjective

Semi-Saxon (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Relating to Late Old English and early Middle English, the form of the English language belonging to the period from 1100 to 1200/1230/1250 (depending on author).

Translations

Translations

• German: neuangelsächsisch, halbsächsich

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “Semi-Saxon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• sexsomnia