Saxonical

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From medieval Latin Saxonicus (“Saxon”) +‎ -al. Compare Saxonic.

Adjective[edit]

Saxonical (comparative more Saxonical, superlative most Saxonical)

  1. (obsolete) Pertaining to the Anglo-Saxons or the Old English language.
    • 1577, John Dee, Perfect Arte of Navigation:
      Shall we (sayd he,) not Iudge it, some parte of Wisdome, to Imitate carefully, in some little Proportion, (though not with so many Thousands,) the prosperous Pastimes of Peaceable King Edgar, that Saxonicall Alexander?
  2. (obsolete) Pertaining to Saxony.
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