Ealdseaxan

• Ealdseaxe

eald (“old”) +‎ Seaxan (“Saxons”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ͜ɑldˌsæ͜ɑk.sɑn/, [ˈæ͜ɑɫdˌsæ͜ɑk.sɑn]

Ealdseaxan m pl

1. the continental Saxons
2. Saxony
   • Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript A, year 885

     Þȳ ilcan ġēare ġegaderode miċel sċiphere on Ealdseaxum, and þǣr wearþ miċel ġefeoht—twā on ġēare—and þā Seaxan hæfdon siġe, and þǣr wǣron Frīsan mid.

     The same year, a large naval force assembled in Saxony [against the Franks], and there was a great battle—the second in one year—and the Saxons won, and there were Frisians with them.

• (Saxony): Seaxland