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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..

Mancus :: Mancus (n.) An old Anglo Saxon coin both of gold and silver, and of variously estimated values. The silver mancus was equal to about one shilling of modern English money..

Sassenach :: Sassenach (n.) A Saxon; an Englishman; a Lowlander.

Saxon :: Saxon (n.) One of a nation or people who formerly dwelt in the northern part of Germany, and who, with other Teutonic tribes, invaded and conquered England in the fifth and sixth centuries..

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..

Greisen :: Greisen (n.) A crystalline rock consisting of quarts and mica, common in the tin regions of Cornwall and Saxony..

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

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

Saxonite :: Saxonite (n.) See Mountain soap, under Mountain..

Anglo-saxondom :: Anglo-Saxondom (n.) The Anglo-Saxon domain (i. e., Great Britain and the United States, etc.); the Anglo-Saxon race..

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..

Thane :: Thane (n.) A dignitary under the Anglo-Saxons and Danes in England. Of these there were two orders, the king's thanes, who attended the kings in their courts and held lands immediately of them, and the ordinary thanes, who were lords of manors and who had particular jurisdiction within their limits. After the Conquest, this title was disused, and baron took its place..

Thorn :: Thorn (n.) The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter /, capital form /. It was used to represent both of the sounds of English th, as in thin, then. So called because it was the initial letter of thorn, a spine..

Anglo-saxon :: Anglo-Saxon (a.) Of or pertaining to the Anglo-Saxons or their language.

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

Saxonist :: Saxonist (n.) One versed in the Saxon language.

Stycerin :: Styca (n.) An anglo-Saxon copper coin of the lowest value, being worth half a farthing..

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

B :: B () is the second letter of the English alphabet. (See Guide to Pronunciation, // 196, 220.) It is etymologically related to p, v, f, w and m , letters representing sounds having a close organic affinity to its own sound; as in Eng. bursar and purser; Eng. bear and Lat. ferre; Eng. silver and Ger. silber; Lat. cubitum and It. gomito; Eng. seven, Anglo-Saxon seofon, Ger. sieben, Lat. septem, Gr.epta`, Sanskrit saptan. The form of letter B is Roman, from Greek B (Beta), of Semitic origin. The sma

Lathe :: Lathe (n.) Formerly, a part or division of a county among the Anglo-Saxons. At present it consists of four or five hundreds, and is confined to the county of Kent..

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