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Show The Anglo-Saxons. Tho Angles "nnd Saxons woro the chief tribes among tho three prlrclpal Teutonic conquerors of Britain; tho Jutes wero tho third. They woro Low Dutch tribes from tho borderlands ot Germany nnd Scandinavia, tho lands at tho mouth of tho Elbo and tho Wcsor. Their language wns an independent inde-pendent branch of tho Teutonic family. fam-ily. Tho SaxopB wero tho first invaders, inva-ders, but th Angles settled more land. As their settlement became older old-er and they themselves permanent residents res-idents of tho Island they called them-solvos them-solvos "English," but their Celtic neighbors called them Saxons. Their language was, of courso, established In England at tho tlmo ot tho Norman conquest in 10CC, whon Norman-French words and phrases of Latin origin be-camo be-camo fused with tho languago. of tho people. Tho short and homely words of Anglo-Saxon origin romaln, of course, as an integral and basic part of tho English language, simpler, hotter hot-ter known, less protcntlous, and preferable pref-erable in conversation to tho words of Latin derivation. |