Anglo-Saxon

See also: anglosaxon and anglo-saxon

Contents

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌeɪŋɡloʊˈsæksən/

EtymologyEdit

Anglo- +‎ Saxon

Proper nounEdit

Anglo-Saxon

1. The inflected ancestor language of modern English, also called Old English, spoken in Britain from about 400 AD to 1100 AD.

SynonymsEdit

• Old English

Related termsEdit

• English
• Middle English
• Modern English

TranslationsEdit

Old English — see Old English

NounEdit

Anglo-Saxon (plural Anglo-Saxons)

1. A member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century.
2. (US) A person of English ethnic descent.
3. (US, Mexican-American) A light-skinned person presumably of North European descent like British.
4. (informal) Profanity, especially words derived from Old English.
   • 1995, Margaret Edson, Wit:

     I haven't eaten in two days. What's left to puke? You may remark that my vocabulary has taken a turn for the Anglo-Saxon.

   • 2008, Zagreus Mike Luoma, Neo-gnosis, ISBN 143574280X:

     How fucked up is that? (Pardon my Anglo-Saxon)

Derived termsEdit

• WASP

TranslationsEdit

Germanic peoples inhabiting medieval England

• Arabic: أَنْجْلُوسَكْسُونِيُّون‏‎ m pl (ʾanglosaksūniyyūn)
• Armenian: անգլո-սաքսոն (anglo-sakʿson)
• Catalan: anglosaxó (ca) m, anglosaxona (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 盎格魯-撒克遜人, 盎格鲁-撒克逊人 (Ànggélǔ-Sākèxùn rén)

• Danish: angelsaksere c pl
• Dutch: Angelsaksen pl
• Finnish: anglosaksit pl
• French: Anglo-Saxons (fr) m pl
• German: Angelsachsen (de) pl
• Irish: Angla-Shacsanach m

• Japanese: アングロサクソン (ja) (Anguro-Sakuson)
• Korean: 앵글로색슨 사람 (Aenggeullosaekseun saram)
• Macedonian: Англосаксонци pl (Anglosaksonci)
• Malay: orang Inggeris Saxon, Inggeris Saxon
• Portuguese: anglo-saxões pl
• Romanian: anglosaxon
• Russian: англоса́кс (ru) m (anglosáks)
• Serbo-Croatian: Anglosaksonac (sh) m, Anglosaksonka f
• Spanish: anglosajón (es) m, anglosajona (es) f
• Swedish: anglosaxare (sv), angelsaxare c

person of North European descent like British

• Catalan: anglosaxó (ca) m, anglosaxona (ca) f
• Latin: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: Англосаксонец m (Anglosaksonec), Англосаксонка f (Anglosaksonka)
• Malay: orang Inggeris Saxon, Inggeris Saxon

• Portuguese: anglo-saxão (pt) m
• Romanian: anglosaxon m, anglosaxonă f
• Serbo-Croatian: Anglosaksonac (sh) m, Anglosaksonka f

AdjectiveEdit

Anglo-Saxon (comparative more Anglo-Saxon, superlative most Anglo-Saxon)

1. Related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language.
2. Related to nations which speak primarily English and influenced by English customs; especially the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia.
   • 1963, Claude Lévy-Strauss, Structural Anthropology, New York: Basic Books, page 2:
     (Translated by Claire Jacobson and Brooke Schoepf.)

     [...] Ethnography thus aims at record-
     ing as accurately as possible the respective modes of life of various
     groups. Ethnology, on the other hand, utilizes for comparative
     purposes (the nature of which will be explained below) the data
     provided by the ethnographer. Thus, ethnography has the same
     meaning in all countries, and ethnology corresponds approximately
     to what is known in Anglo-Saxon countries—where the term eth-
     nology has become obsolete—as social or cultural anthropology.

3. (politics) Favouring a liberal free market economy.
4. (US) Descended from some other North European settlers like the British (English).

TranslationsEdit

related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language

• Arabic: أَنْجْلُوسَكْسُونِيّ‏‎ (ʾanglusaksuniyy)
• Catalan: anglosaxó (ca)
• Danish: angelsaksisk
• Dutch: Angelsaksisch (nl)
• French: anglo-saxon (fr)
• German: angelsächsisch (de)
• Greek: αγγλοσαξονικός (el) (anglosaxonikós)
• Hungarian: angolszász (hu)
• Irish: Angla-Shacsanach
• Macedonian: англосаксонски m (anglosaksonski)
• Malay: Inggeris Saxon
• Manx: Anglo-Hostnagh

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: angelsaksisk

  Nynorsk: angelsaksisk

• Portuguese: anglo-saxão (pt), anglo-saxónico (Portugal), anglo-saxônico (Brazil)
• Romanian: anglosaxon m, n, anglosaxonic m, n
• Russian: англосаксо́нский (ru) (anglosaksónskij)
• Serbo-Croatian: anglosaski (sh)
• Spanish: anglosajón (es)
• Swedish: anglosaxisk (sv)
• Talysh: անգլո-սաքսոնական
• Ukrainian: англосаксо́нський (uk) (anhlosaksónsʹkyj)

related to nations which speak primarily English

• Catalan: anglosaxó (ca)
• Danish: angelsaksisk
• Hungarian: angolszász (hu)
• Macedonian: англосаксонски m (anglosaksonski)

• Malay: Inggeris Saxon
• Portuguese: anglófono (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian: anglosaski (sh)
• Swedish: anglosaxisk (sv)

favouring a liberal free market economy

• Hungarian: angolszász (hu)

• Serbo-Croatian: anglosaski (sh)

descended from white English or North European settlers

• Macedonian: англосаксонски m (anglosaksonski)
• Malay: orang Inggeris Saxon, Inggeris Saxon

• Serbo-Croatian: anglosaski (sh)

See alsoEdit

• Germanic

Further readingEdit

SIL entry for Anglo-Saxon, IS 639-3 code ang