Saxonical
English
Alternative forms
- Saxonicall (obsolete)
Etymology
From medieval Latin Saxonicus (“Saxon”) + -al. Compare Saxonic.
Adjective
Saxonical (comparative more Saxonical, superlative most Saxonical)
- (obsolete) Pertaining to the Anglo-Saxons or the Old English language.
- 1577, John Dee, Perfect Arte of Navigation:
- Shall we (sayd he,) not Iudge it, some parte of Wisdome, to Imitate carefully, in some little Proportion, (though not with so many Thousands,) the prosperous Pastimes of Peaceable King Edgar, that Saxonicall Alexander?
- 1577, John Dee, Perfect Arte of Navigation:
- (obsolete) Pertaining to Saxony.