Middle English Dictionary Entry
West-Saxon n.
Entry Info
| Forms | West-Saxon n. |
| Etymology | From west adj. & Saxon n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Pl. People from the kingdom of the West Saxons in England;
(b) the kingdom or area of the West Saxons in England;
(c) in comb.: ~ laue, = West-sexene lawe phr. (a).
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)5.265 : Of þe Saxons come þe Est Saxons, þe Souþ Saxons, and þe West Saxons.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)6.403 : Þat ȝere Plegmundus…ordeyned sevene bisshoppes to þe chirches of Engelond; fyve to þe lond of Giweysys, þat beeþ West Saxons.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)5.341 : Cerdicus, the firste kynge of the Westesaxons, diede after þe xxvijti yere of his reigne.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)7.99 : Edmunde Irensyde…subduede to hym the Westesaxons.
b
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.103 : Þe fifte kyngdom was of Westsaxon and durede lengeste of alle þese kyngdoms.
- ?a1425 Wycl.CChron.(2) (Em 85)179/136 : King alrede was king of west Saxan, þat is west englond.
c
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.85 : Þese nyne south schires…were somtyme i-gouerned and i-ruled by þat lawe þat hatte Westsaxoun lawe [Higd.(2): Westesaxenelaga].