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单词 Semi-Saxon
释义 Semi-ˈSaxon, a. and n.
[semi- 1, 2. Cf. mod.L. Sēmisaxonicus (Hickes 1689).]
A. adj. Intermediate between ‘Saxon’ and ‘English’; formerly used by philologists to designate the first period of Middle English, from c 1100–50 to c 1250.
B. n. The ‘Semi-Saxon’ language; Early Middle English.
1735Shelton tr. Wotton's View Hickes' Thes. 100 The Nicene..Creed, translated into Semi-Saxon.1813Whitaker Langl. P. Pl. Introd. p. vii, From the extinction of the pure Saxon..to the reign of Edward the Third, the language of our country, which, during that period, may be called Semi-Saxon, had scarcely been reduced to any standard.1847(title) Layamon's Brut, or Chronicle of Britain; a poetical semi-Saxon Paraphrase of the Brut of Wace.1853Morton Ancr. R. Pref. p. x, A few passages in the Latin which are not in the semi-Saxon.
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