Old Saxon, also known as Old Low German, is the earliest recorded form of Low German, documented from the 9th century until the 12th century, when it evolved into Middle Low German. Low German or Low Saxon (in Germany: Plattdüütsch or Nedderdüütsch; in Netherlands: Nedersaksisch or Nederduuts The 9th century is the period from 801 to 900 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. Middle Low German ( ISO 639 -3 code gml) is a Language that is the descendant of Old Saxon and is the ancestor of modern Low German. It was spoken on the north-west coast of Germany and in Denmark by Saxon peoples. The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe The Saxons or Saxon people were a Confederation of Old Germanic tribes. It is closely related to Old Anglo-Frisian (Old Frisian, Old English), partially participating in the Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law, Old Dutch, Old East Low Franconian and to Old High German. The Anglo-Frisian languages (sometimes Insular Germanic) are a group of Ingvaeonic West Germanic languages consisting of Old English Old Frisian was the West Germanic language spoken between the 8th and 16th centuries by the people who had settled in the area between the Rhine In Historical linguistics, the Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law (also called the Anglo-Frisian or North Sea Germanic nasal spirant law) is a description Old Dutch (aka Old West Low Franconian) is a branch of Old Low Franconian spoken and written during the early Middle Ages (c
Only a few texts survive, predominantly in baptismal vows the Saxons were required to perform at the behest of Charlemagne. Charlemagne (ˈʃɑrlɨmeɪn Carolus Magnus or Karolus Magnus meaning Charles the Great) (747 – 28 January 814 was King of the Franks from 768 to his The only literary text preserved is Heliand. The Heliand (ˈhɛliənd or at the time ˈheliand is an epic poem in Old Saxon, written about 825
- Heliand
- Genesis fragment[1]
- Trierer Blutsegen
- Wurmsegen
- Spurihalz
- Old Saxon baptismal vow
- Psalms commentary
- Penitentiary
- Beda homily
- Credo
- Essener Heberegister
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Footnotes
- ^ On the basis of the edition by Burkhard Taeger, Max Niemeyer Verlag, Tübingen 1996 (10. Bede (ˈbiːd (also Saint Bede, the Venerable Bede, or (from Latin Beda (beda (c Auflage) prepared by Jost Gippert, Frankfurt, 11. 11. 2003; TITUS version by Jost Gippert, Frankfurt a/M, 11. 11. 2003
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The Encyclopædia Britannica is a general English-language encyclopaedia published by Encyclopædia Britannica IncDictionary
Old Saxon
-proper noun
- A west Germanic language historically tied to Anglo-Saxon and Old Low Franconian.
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