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Old English vs West Saxon

West Saxon vs Old English

Old English and West Saxon both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Old English Yes No No No
West Saxon Yes No No No
As nouns, West Saxon is a hyponym of Old English; that is, West Saxon is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than Old English:
  • Old English: English prior to about 1100
  • West Saxon: a literary dialect of Old English
Other hyponyms of Old English include Anglian, Jutish, Kentish.
Old English (noun) West Saxon (noun)
English prior to about 1100 a literary dialect of Old English
a dialect of Middle English, spoken in the area west of Sussex and south and southwest of the Thames
an inhabitant of Wessex
Difference between Old English and West Saxon

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