Anglo-Saxon
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Anglo-Saxon may refer to:
History:
- History of Anglo-Saxon England, early mediæval English history, from the 5th century to 1066
- Anglo-American relations, especially military or diplomatic collaboration between the United States and Britain since 1900; a usage popular in France
- Early English Common Law and legal customs (before 1066)
People:
- Anglo-Saxons, a Germanic people who dominated England before 1066
- English people, English speakers with an ancestral heritage from England
Languages:
- Anglo-Saxon language – Old English
- Anglo-Saxon words are modern English words derived from Old English (and not from Latin or French); often used for forthright, direct, plain English or for vulgarities
- Anglic languages – Englishes
See also:
- WASP, White Anglo-Saxon Protestant
- Anglo-Frisian languages, a group of Ingvaeonic West Germanic languages consisting of Old English, Old Frisian, and their descendants
- Angles, an ancient and mediæval Germanic people
- Saxons, an ancient Germanic people and their successors in modern Germany
- Saxon (disambiguation)
- Jutes, a mediæval Germanic people
- Category:Anglo-Saxon England
