Saxar

m. pl. Saxons, Germans.

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m. pl. [A. S. Seaxon], the Saxons, i. e. the Germans, Symb. 18, Fms. i. 116, v. 239, passim; and Sax-land, n. Saxon-land, i. e. Germany, Grág. i. 210, Symb., Fms., Bs., passim: Sax-elfr, f. the ‘Saxon Elbe’ = the Elbe; opp. to Gaut-elfr, Raum-elfr (see elfr), Symb., Bær.