The Saxons war a Germanic fowk wha, alang wi the Angles, focht an conquert the Britons. Thay first wun tae Breetain in the 5t century, wi a cuist tot nummer o 100,000 ti 200,000 fowk that hae gaun. Thair auldest kent hame is in Noorthren Albingia, modren Holstein in Germany.
Sassenach (frae Scots Gaelic for "Saxon-spekar") is the Scots name for a Saxon or an Inglisman, aft in a derogatory manner.[1]
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