Anglo-Saxon: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Anglo-Saxon may refer to:

History:

• History of Anglo-Saxon England, early mediaeval English history, from the 5th century to 1066
• The Anglosphere, often described in continental Europe and elsewhere as Anglo-Saxon nations or countries
• Anglo-Saxon conquest of England, the invasion and conquest of England by Angles, Saxons, and Jutes in 5th-6th centuries AD
• 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
  • List of dialects of the English language

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