Suþseaxan

• Sūþseaxe m pl

Compound of sūþ +‎ Seaxan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuːθˌsæ͜ɑk.sɑn/

Sūþseaxan m pl

1. the South Saxons
   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     Of Seaxum, þæt is of þām lande þe mon hāteð Ealdseaxan, cōman Ēastseaxan ⁊ Sūðseaxan ⁊ Westseaxan.

     From the Saxons, that is, from the land known as Old Saxony, came the East-Saxons and South-Saxons and West-Saxons.

2. Sussex
   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     Þȳ ilcan ġēare forbarn Lundenbyriġ, ⁊ on þām ilcan ġēare forðferdon tweġen ealdormenn, Æþelmǣr on Hāmtūnsċīre ⁊ Ēadwine on Sūþseaxum. ⁊ Æþelmǣres līc līð on Wintanċeastre on nīwan mynstre, ⁊ Ēadwines on þām mynstre æt Abbandūne. Þǣs ilcan ġēare forðferdon twā abbodessan on Dorsǣtum, Herelufu on Sċeaftesbyriġ ⁊ Wulfwin on Werhām.

     In the same year [982], London burned down, and in the same year, two princes passed away: Ethelmer in Hamptonshire and Edwin in Sussex. Ethemer's body lies in the new monastery in Winchester, and Edwin's in the monastery at Abingdon. In the same year, two abbesses passed away in Dorset: Herelufu in Shaftesbury and Wulfwin in Wareham.

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• Sūþseaxisċ

• Middle English: Southsex
  • English: Sussex