Saxon (disambiguation)
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The Saxons (Latin: Saxones, Old English: Seaxe, Old Saxon: Sahson, Low German: Sachsen from Proto-Germanic *sahsan, meaning 'knife') were a confederation of Germanic tribes on the North German plain, some of whom migrated to Great Britain during the Early Middle Ages and formed part of the merged group of Anglo-Saxons.
The use of plain "Saxon" to describe Anglo-Saxon people or objects from after the period of settlement has been incorrect for many decades, though it is common in sources before about 1900. "Saxon" may also refer to inhabitants of any of the three states of Germany which bear the name Saxony [Sachsen]: Lower Saxony, Saxony, and Saxony-Anhalt. As an adjective "Saxon" may refer to anything to do with the peoples described.
Saxon may refer to:
People
- Arthur Saxon, early twentieth century strongman
- John Saxon (disambiguation), two men
- James Saxon, three men
- Sky Saxon (died 2009), American musician
- Kurt Saxon, wrote The Poor Man's James Bond.
Peoples
- Anglo-Saxons (fl. 400-1066), Germanic peoples who migrated to Britain
- Sassenach (Scottish Gaelic: Sasunnach), meaning "Saxon", i.e. Englishman
- White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP), privileged Americans, Canadians, and Australians of English ancestry
- Saxons, Germanic peoples of northern Germany and adjacent parts of the Netherlands and Denmark
- Transylvanian Saxons (1100-present), Germanic peoples who migrated to Transylvania
Language
Upper Saxon
- Upper Saxon (Obersächsich or Oborseggssch) or Saxon (Sächsisch/Seggssch), a variety of German currently spoken in the Free State of Saxony
Low Saxon
- Modern Low Saxon or Modern Low German, called Nedersaksisch/Nedersaksies/Neddersassisch ('Nether-Saxon') by its speakers in the Netherlands
- Middle Saxon or Middle Low German, the ancestor of Low Saxon, called Sassesch ('Saxon') by its speakers
- Old Saxon or Old Low German, the ancestor of Middle Saxon
Anglo-Saxon
- Old English, also known as the Anglo-Saxon language
- Middle English, descendant of the Anglo-Saxon language
- Modern English, the modern version of the Anglo-Saxon language
- Saxon-English, use of native Anglo-Saxon (or other Germanic) words in modern English
Culture
5th-11th centuries
- Anglo-Saxon architecture, from the 5th to 11th centuries
- Anglo-Saxon art, from the 5th to 11th centuries
- Anglo-Saxon literature, from the 5th to 11th centuries
- History of Anglo-Saxon England, general history from the 5th to 11th centuries
Modern
- Saxon (band), British heavy metal band, formed in 1976
- Saxon (album), 1979 debut album by the band Saxon
- Saxon, a song by Chase & Status
- Saxon Studio International, London reggae soundsystem
- The Saxons, original name of Scottish pop band Bay City Rollers
- Saxon (film), 2007 independent British film, by Greg Loftin
- Harold Saxon, pseudonym of an enemy of Doctor Who
Places
- Germany
- Lower Saxony, one of the ancestral lands of the Saxons, in Northern Germany
- Saxony, in eastern Germany, related to the Saxon people or languages only by name
- Saxony-Anhalt, one of the ancestral lands of the Saxons, in Germany
- Saxony (wine region), in the Elbe valley
- Saxon Switzerland, mountainous climbing area and national park in Saxony, Germany
- Switzerland
- Saxon, Switzerland, district of Martigny, canton of Valais
- France
- Saxon-Sion, commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department of northeastern France
- United States
- Saxon, California, unincorporated community
- Saxon, Wisconsin, town
- Saxon (community), Wisconsin, unincorporated community
- Saxon Harbor, harbor in Wisconsin
Technology and applied sciences
- Saxon (automobile), produced from 1913 to 1923
- Saxon (firework), rapidly spinning, ground based pyrotechnic device
- Saxon (vehicle), British Army armoured personnel carrier
- Saxon XSLT, open-source XSLT and XQuery processor
Other uses
- England Saxons, current name of that country's "A" (second-level) men's national rugby union team
- Saxon (horse), an American racehorse who won the 1874 Belmont Stakes
- Saxon (teaching method), for incremental learning of mathematics
See also
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