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ANGLO-SAXON [2 records]

Record 1 2005-08-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples
OBS

A member of the nation that dominated England before the Norman conquest in 1066, descended England in the 5th century.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
OBS

Descendant des Anglo-Saxons, c'est-à-dire des peuples germaniques (Angles, Jutes et Saxons) qui vinrent de l'Allemagne du Nord et du Danemark et qui envahirent l'île de Bretagne aux Ve et VIe siècles.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

The German language of the British Isles, widespread and standard also in the U.S. and most of the British Commonwealth, historically termed Old English (c450-c1150).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Langue indo-européenne du groupe germanique, parlée principalement en Grande-Bretagne et en Amérique du Nord. Le vieil anglais embrasse la période 450-1150 mais on ne possède pas de documents écrits antérieurs au VIIIe siècle.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicolingüística, sociolingüística y etnolingüística
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