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Atheling :: Atheling (n.) An Anglo-Saxon prince or nobleman; esp., the heir apparent or a prince of the royal family..

Derive :: Derive (v. t.) To trace the origin, descent, or derivation of; to recognize transmission of; as, he derives this word from the Anglo-Saxon..

Moot :: Moot (n.) A meeting for discussion and deliberation; esp., a meeting of the people of a village or district, in Anglo-Saxon times, for the discussion and settlement of matters of common interest; -- usually in composition; as, folk-moot..

Saxon :: Saxon (a.) Anglo-Saxon.

Anglo-saxonism :: Anglo-Saxonism (n.) The quality or sentiment of being Anglo-Saxon, or English in its ethnological sense..

Ye :: Ye () an old method of printing the article the (AS. /e), the y being used in place of the Anglo-Saxon thorn (/). It is sometimes incorrectly pronounced ye. See The, and Thorn, n., 4..

English :: English (a.) Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the present so-called Anglo-Saxon race..

Ora :: Ora (n.) A money of account among the Anglo-Saxons, valued, in the Domesday Book, at twenty pence sterling..

Stronghand :: Strong (superl.) Applied to forms in Anglo-Saxon, etc., which retain the old declensional endings. In the Teutonic languages the vowel stems have held the original endings most firmly, and are called strong; the stems in -n are called weak other constant stems conform, or are irregular..

Ge- :: Ge- () An Anglo-Saxon prefix. See Y-.

Sarum Use :: Sarum use () A liturgy, or use, put forth about 1087 by St. Osmund, bishop of Sarum, based on Anglo-Saxon and Norman customs..

Earthdrake :: Earthdrake (n.) A mythical monster of the early Anglo-Saxon literature; a dragon.

Anglo-saxon :: Anglo-Saxon (n.) One of the race or people who claim descent from the Saxons, Angles, or other Teutonic tribes who settled in England; a person of English descent in its broadest sense..

Ae :: Ae () A diphthong in the Latin language; used also by the Saxon writers. It answers to the Gr. ai. The Anglo-Saxon short ae was generally replaced by a, the long / by e or ee. In derivatives from Latin words with ae, it is mostly superseded by e. For most words found with this initial combination, the reader will therefore search under the letter E..

Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Pertaining to, or designating, a noun in Anglo-Saxon, etc., the stem of which ends in -n. See Strong, 19 (b)..

Edh :: Edh (n.) The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter /, capital form /. It is sounded as English th in a similar word: //er, other, d//, doth..

Witenagemote :: Witenagemote (n.) A meeting of wise men; the national council, or legislature, of England in the days of the Anglo-Saxons, before the Norman Conquest..

Saxon :: Saxon (n.) Also used in the sense of Anglo-Saxon.

Sparth :: Sparth (n.) An Anglo-Saxon battle-ax, or halberd..

Saxon :: Saxon (n.) The language of the Saxons; Anglo-Saxon.

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