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Anglo-Saxon

/ˌæŋɡləʊ ˈsæksn/noun

उच्चारण ऐंग्लो सैक्सन

एंग्लो-सैक्सन (व्यक्ति)

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noun
  1. 1

    [C]

    a member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England from the fifth century AD until the Norman Conquest of 1066

    एंग्लो-सैक्सन (व्यक्ति)

    • The Anglo-Saxons divided England into several small kingdoms.
  2. 2

    [U]

    = Old English, the English language before about 1150

    प्राचीन अंग्रेज़ी (Old English)

    • The poem Beowulf was written in Anglo-Saxon.
  3. 3

    [C]

    a person whose family originally came from England

    अंग्रेज़ मूल का व्यक्ति

    • Most of the early settlers in that colony were Anglo-Saxons.
adjective
  1. 1

    connected with the Anglo-Saxons or their language

    एंग्लो-सैक्सन, प्राचीन अंग्रेज़ों का

    • Anglo-Saxon history
    • Anglo-Saxon words such as 'house', 'bread' and 'love'
§Grammar and usage

Usage: short everyday English words such as begin, end and buy usually come from Anglo-Saxon, while longer formal words such as commence, terminate and purchase usually come from Latin or French.

Usage में begin, end और buy जैसे छोटे रोज़मर्रा के English शब्द प्रायः Anglo-Saxon से आए हैं, जबकि commence, terminate और purchase जैसे लंबे formal शब्द प्रायः Latin या French से आए हैं।