Old Saxon

English

Alternative forms

• (abbreviation): OS.

Noun

Old Saxon (uncountable)

1. A west Germanic language historically tied to Anglo-Saxon and Old Low Franconian.

Holonyms

• Old Low German

Translations

the Old Saxon language

• Danish: oldnedertysk (da)
• Dutch: Oudsaksisch (nl) n
• Finnish: muinaisalasaksa (fi), muinaissaksi (fi)
• French: vieux saxon (fr)
• Galician: saxón antigo m
• German: Altsächsisch (de) n
• Icelandic: fornsaxneska f
• Khmer: សាខ់សុនបុរាណ (sakson bo’raan)
• Low German: Oldsassisch, Ollsassisch
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gammelsaksisk n

• Old English: *Seaxisċ n
• Old Saxon: Sahsisk n
• Polish: starosaksoński (pl)
• Portuguese: saxão antigo (pt) m
• Scots: Auld Saxon
• Swedish: fornsaxiska (sv) c, fornlågtyska c

See also

• Old Low Franconian
• Plattdeutsch
• Wiktionary’s coverage of Old Saxon terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code osx (SIL)