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Meaning of "west saxon"
West Saxon refers to the Old English dialect spoken by the West Saxons, a Germanic tribe that inhabited what is now modern-day southern England. This dialect was a variant of Old English and is known for being the basis of the literary standard of Old English
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- A dialect of Old English that was spoken in the kingdom of Wessex.
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He was the first West Saxon king to issue a written code of law.
By this point Surrey had clearly passed out of West Saxon control.
This is a West Saxon word meaning division.
The biggest differences occurred between West Saxon and the other groups.
West Saxon was one of four distinct dialects of Old English.
It resulted in a West Saxon victory.
West Saxon kingdom.
There were strong contacts between the West Saxon and Carolingian courts.
West Saxon monarchs.
As a result, paperwork was written in the West Saxon dialect.
West Saxon dialect.
As the years passed, the West Saxon dialect became the standard.
Late West Saxon was the dialect that became the first " standardised " written English.
The burh was occupied by the Edward 's West Saxon army shortly afterwards.
West Saxon ceald ; but Anglian cald > ModE cold.
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Weald is specifically a West Saxon form ; wold is the Anglian form of the word.
At the time, Mercia was ruled by the West Saxon kings.
Of these dialects, Late West Saxon emerged as the primary tongue over time.
When mutated by i-umlaut, it appears again as æ vs. West Saxon ie.
One hundred years later, the West Saxon dialect became Britain 's official language.
In 661, Wulfhere is recorded in the Chronicle as harrying Ashdown, in West Saxon territory.
Ine was the most durable of the West Saxon kings, reigning for 38 years.
Another West Saxon king, named Cuthred, who died c.
Berkshire appears to have passed from Mercian to West Saxon control during Beorhtwulf 's reign.
By the 10th Century, the West Saxon dialect became the official language of Britain.
This started in 875 when Guthrum 's army “ eluded the West Saxon levies and got into Wareham ”.
It became a cathedral when the West Saxon bishopric was transferred from Dorchester-on-Thames in the 660s.
In 635, he persuaded the West Saxon king Cynegils to allow him to preach.
Ealhswith 's father attested two West Saxon charters in 868, the year his daughter married Alfred.
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