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SAXON
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
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SAXON. 1. A member of a Germanic people that once lived near the mouth of the Elbe, and in Roman times spread across Germany from Schleswig to the Rhine. Some (
the Anglo-Saxons: that is, those who joined the Angles) migrated in the 5–6c to Britain; others (
the Ealdseaxe,
Old Saxons) became the founding people of
Saxony, the name of a German territory that has changed its location and political standing several times over the centuries.
2. The
DIALECTS spoken by the Saxons in southern England, in
Essex (home of the East Saxons),
Middlesex (the Middle Saxons),
Sussex (the South Saxons). and
Wessex (the West Saxons). The term has sometimes been used instead of
OLD ENGLISH and
ANGLO-SAXON, as the name of the language carried to Britain by the Angles and Saxons.
3. A native of Saxony.
4. The Low German dialect of Saxony.
5. An English man or woman, especially in medieval times, in contrast to
Norman, and sometimes in more recent times in contrast to
Latin and
Celt.
6. Also
Saxon English,
Saxon language. Formerly, a name for native or
VERNACULAR English in contrast to French and Latinate usage: ‘Our vulgar Saxon English standing most vpon wordes monsillable’ ( George Puttenham,
The Arte of English Poesie, 1589).
7. Relating to any of the above:
Saxon traditions.
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Saxon Capital, Inc. Directors Approve REIT Conversion Proposal.
Business Wire; 1/26/2004; 700+ words
; ...Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 26, 2004 Saxon Capital, Inc. ("Saxon") (NASDAQ: SAXN), a residential mortgage lender...The REIT conversion is subject to the approval of Saxon's shareholders. After conversion to a REIT, Saxon...
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Saxon Capital, Inc. Announces Completion of REIT Conversion.
Business Wire; 9/24/2004; 700+ words
; GLEN ALLEN, Va. -- Saxon Capital, Inc. ("Saxon") (NASDAQ: SAXND), formerly known as "Saxon REIT, Inc.," a residential mortgage lending and servicing company, today announced that the company has completed its restructuring to...
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Saxon Capital, Inc. Announces Shareholder Approval of Proposed REIT Conversion.
Business Wire; 9/13/2004; 700+ words
; GLEN ALLEN, Va. -- Saxon Capital, Inc. ("Saxon") (NASDAQ: SAXN), a residential mortgage lending and...its shareholders approved the merger agreement providing for Saxon's conversion to a real estate investment trust ("REIT...
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Saxon Capital, Inc. Announces the Transfer of its Common Stock to the New York Stock Exchange and Announces its Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
Business Wire; 3/3/2005; 700+ words
; GLEN ALLEN, Va. -- Saxon Capital, Inc. ("Saxon" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: SAXN), a residential mortgage...on Friday, March 18, 2005. To commemorate the listing, Saxon management expects to ring the bell to open the Exchange at...
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Saxon Capital, Inc. Announces Analyst Day to Be Held on May 17, 2005.
Business Wire; 4/20/2005; 700+ words
; GLEN ALLEN, Va. -- Saxon Capital, Inc. ("Saxon" or the "Company") (NYSE: SAX), a residential mortgage...side analysts on May 17, 2005. The event will be held at Saxon's corporate headquarters, located at 4860 Cox Road, Suite...
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Saxon Capital, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2005 Dividend and Payment Information.
Business Wire; 4/19/2005; 700+ words
; GLEN ALLEN, Va. -- Saxon Capital, Inc. ("Saxon" or the "Company") (NYSE: SAX), a residential mortgage...taxable income to the shareholders annually. Going forward, Saxon expects to declare dividends for the first three quarters...
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Saxon Capital, Inc. Subsidiary America's MoneyLine, Inc. to Divest Selected Retail Branch Operations; Enters into Agreement to Sell a Portion of its Traditional Retail Branches; Introduces New Centralized Retail Strategy.
Business Wire; 5/4/2005; 700+ words
; GLEN ALLEN, Va. -- Saxon Capital, Inc. ("Saxon") (NYSE: SAX), a residential mortgage lending and servicing...disrupted. "This transaction allows America's MoneyLine and Saxon to focus its resources on growing retail originations through...
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Saxon Capital, Inc. Announces Pricing of Common Stock Offering of Saxon REIT; 17,000,000 Shares of Common Stock of Saxon REIT To Be Sold at $22.75 Per Share.
Business Wire; 9/21/2004; 700+ words
; GLEN ALLEN, Va. -- Saxon Capital, Inc. ("Saxon") (NASDAQ: SAXN), a residential mortgage lending and...pricing of the initial public offering of the common stock of Saxon REIT, Inc. ("Saxon REIT"). 17.0 million shares of...
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Saxon Middle School Math Shown to Be Effective in Recent Independent Study of Texas Schools.
PR Newswire; 10/3/2005; 700+ words
; Saxon Students Outperform Non-Saxon Students on State's Standardized TAAS and TAKS Tests AUSTIN...Texas students in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades who used Saxon Middle School Math programs achieved higher performance levels on...
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Saxon Financial Announces Sale to IGM Financial subsidiary Mackenzie Financial.
News Wire article from: CNW Group; 8/5/2008; 700+ words
; ...2008 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) -- Saxon Financial Inc. (TSX: SFI) today announced...all the issued and outstanding shares of Saxon by way of a take-over bid. Under the terms of the offer, Saxon shareholders will be offered $21.00...
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ANGLO-SAXON
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
ANGLO-SAXON. Originally a name for the Saxons who with the Angles...the Angles and Saxons, also known as...English ( Anglo-Saxon law ) and to their...their overlords as SAXON . Medieval Latin...both Angles and Saxons, a practice that...
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SAXON
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
...Saxons), Sussex (the South Saxons). and Wessex (the West Saxons). The term has sometimes been...instead of OLD ENGLISH and ANGLO-SAXON , as the name of the language carried to Britain by the Angles and Saxons. 3. A native of Saxony. 4...
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Saxons
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...3d and 4th cent. the Saxons were active in raiding...Romans as litora Saxonica [Saxon shores]. By the 5th cent. Saxons had established settlements...foundations of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms (see Anglo-Saxons ). Wessex, the kingdom...
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Anglo‐Saxons
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
...religious life. The Anglo‐Saxon arrival had ended Britain's involvement...purveyed to theAnglo‐Saxons almost entirely by non‐...pope to the Franks. Anglo‐Saxon veneration of the papacy was strong...
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Anglo-Saxons
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...F. M. Stenton, Anglo-Saxon England (3d ed. 1971); D. M. Wilson, The Anglo-Saxons (rev. ed. 1971); D. J. V. Fisher, The Anglo-Saxon Age, 400-1042 (1973...Religions of the Anglo-Saxons (1985); M. J. Whittock...
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