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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
german \ger"man\, n.; pl. germansl. germanus, prob. of celtis
origin.
1. a native or one of the people of germany.
1913 webster
2. the german language.
1913 webster
3.
a a round dance, often with a waltz movement, abounding
in capriciosly involved figures.
b a social party at which the german is danced.
1913 webster
high german, the teutonic dialect of upper or southern
germany, -- comprising old high german, used from the 8th
to the 11th century; middle h. g., from the 12th to the
15th century; and modern or new h. g., the language of
luther's bible version and of modern german literature.
the dialects of central germany, the basis of the modern
literary language, are often called middle german, and the
southern german dialects upper german; but high german is
also used to cover both groups.
low german, the language of northern germany and the
netherlands, -- including friesic; anglo-saxon or
saxon; old saxon; dutch or low dutch, with its
dialect, flemish; and plattdeutsch called also low
german, spoken in many dialects.
1913 webster
see also:
germans high german low german friesic anglo-saxon saxon
old saxon dutch low dutch flemish plattdeutsch
low german
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
anglo-saxon \an"glo-sax"on\ adj.
1. of or pertaining to the anglo-saxons or their language;
as, anglo-saxon poetry; the anglo-saxon population of
scotland.
wordnet 1.5
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
anglo-saxon \an"glo-sax"on\, n. l. angli-saxones english
saxons.
1. a saxon of britain, that is, an english saxon, or one the
saxons who settled in england, as distinguished from a
continental or "old" saxon.
1913 webster
2. pl. the teutonic people angles, saxons, jutes of
england, or the english people, collectively, before the
norman conquest.
1913 webster
it is quite correct to call aethelstan "king of
the anglo-saxons," but to call this or that subject
of aethelstan "an anglo-saxon" is simply nonsense.
--e. a.
freeman.
1913 webster
3. the language of the english people before the norman
conquest in 1066 sometimes called old english. see
saxon.
syn: old english
1913 webster
4. 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.
1913 webster
5. a person of anglo-saxon esp british descent whose native
tongue is english and whose culture is strongly influenced
by english culture as in "wasp for `white anglo-saxon
protestant'"; "this anglo-saxon view of things".
wordnet 1.5
see also:
old english saxon
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
anglo-saxon
adj : of or relating to the anglo-saxons or their language;
"anglo-saxon poetry"; "the anglo-saxon population of
scotland"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of england prior to the norman
conquest
2: a person of anglo-saxon especially british descent whose
native tongue is english and whose culture is strongly
influenced by english culture as in wasp for `white
anglo-saxon protestant'; "this anglo-saxon view of things"
3: english prior to about 1100 syn: old english
see also:
old english
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