Saxon vs Norman - What's the difference?
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A member of an ancient northern Germanic tribe that invaded England, together with Angles and Frisians, about the year 600.
A native or inhabitant of Saxony.
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The language of the ancient Saxons.
(surname)
of modern usage, from the surname, or directly from the noun Saxon.
Of or relating to the Saxons.
Of or relating to Saxony.
Of or relating to the Saxon language.
(Ireland, poetic) English/British.
* Then came the call to arms, love, the heather was aflame / Down from the silent mountains, the Saxon strangers came.
A person whose ancestors are from Normandy or who resides in Normandy.
A member of the mixed Scandinavian and Frankish peoples who, in the 11th century, were a major military power in Western Europe and who conquered the English in 1066.
(rare) A Northman.
The variant, closely related to the French of "Ile de France" (i.e. Paris), spoken in Normandy and the Channel Islands, which influenced the development of Quebec French (until the mid 20th century), and was for several centuries the ruling language of England (see Anglo-Norman).
, for someone from Normandy, or for a Viking (Northman).
used in the Middle Ages and revived in the 19th century.
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Of or pertaining to Normandy or its inhabitants (present or past).
(rfc-sense) Relating to the Norman language.
(rfc-sense) (rare) Referring to the dialect of French spoken in Normandy.
Relating to the Romanesque architecture developed by the Normans after the Norman Conquest, characterized by large arches and heavy columns.
As nouns the difference between saxon and norman
is that saxon is a member of an ancient northern Germanic tribe that invaded England, together with Angles and Frisians, about the year 600 while Norman is a person whose ancestors are from Normandy or who resides in Normandy.As proper nouns the difference between saxon and norman
is that saxon is the language of the ancient Saxons while Norman is the langue d'oïl variant, closely related to the French of "Ile de France" (i.e. Paris), spoken in Normandy and the Channel Islands, which influenced the development of Quebec French (until the mid 20th century), and was for several centuries the ruling language of England (see Anglo-Norman).As adjectives the difference between saxon and norman
is that saxon is of or relating to the Saxons while Norman is of or pertaining to Normandy or its inhabitants (present or past).saxon
English
(wikipedia Saxon)Noun
(en noun)- [...] in West Germany Saxony and Saxons became synonymous with Ulbricht's Communist regime, [...]
- The film taught that socialist competition, through encouraging the collaboration of both men and women and Saxons and Berliners, could overcome the natural antagonism between male industrial mass production and female fashion.
- Dealing with people there was different from the way I dealt with Saxons , Berliners and others back in Leipzig.
Proper noun
(en proper noun)Adjective
(-)- SHANAGOLDEN (Song) Sean McCarthy 1973.
See also
* SaxonianAnagrams
*norman
English
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* Norman windowProper noun
(en proper noun)- "Let him be named Norman ", said the lady; "it was the name of him who last - it was the name of the youngest son of Macalbin."
- "Yes," she said, "the husband is pretty ex." And then, for no reason at all, she added: "His name is Norman ."
- Bill nodded solemnly. "I see why you left him."
- Rosie began to giggle and clapped her hands to her mouth.
Adjective
(-)- Norman vocabulary