Eastseaxan

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• Ēastseaxe

ēast (“east”) +‎ Seaxan (“Saxons”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ͜ɑːstˌsæ͜ɑk.sɑn/

Ēastseaxan m pl

1. the East Saxons
   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     Of Seaxum, þæt is of þām lande þe mon hāteð Ealdseaxan, cōman Ēastseaxan ⁊ Sūðseaxan ⁊ Westseaxan.

     From the Saxons, that is, from the land known as Old Saxony, came the East-Saxons and South-Saxons and West-Saxons.

2. Essex

Weak:

• Middle English: Estsex
  • English: Essex