what is the differences between Anglosaxian and English?
Just wonderin
Just wonderin
differences
English is a nationality and a language. Anglo-saxon is an ancient Germanic tribe.
<<Anglo-saxon is an ancient Germanic tribe.>>
Actually two tribes; the Angles from the South Danish peninsula and the Saxons from Northern Germany.
Actually two tribes; the Angles from the South Danish peninsula and the Saxons from Northern Germany.
<<Actually two tribes; the Angles from the South Danish peninsula and the Saxons from Northern Germany.>>
Then it wouldn't be Anglo-Saxon. That would be Angles, and... Saxons.
Then it wouldn't be Anglo-Saxon. That would be Angles, and... Saxons.
Well, "Anglo-Saxon" can be considered to refer to the overall West Germanic-speaking population of the British Isles prior to the Norman Conquest. By extension it can be considered to refer to the descendants of not just them but rather the entire Germanic-speaking population of the British Isles; this is because the Norse settlers and their descendants did in the end mix quite heavily with the preexisting West Germanic-speaking population there, and hence cannot in the end be treated as being separable from such.
One must remember that the actual West Germanic-speaking population of the British Isles before the Norse settlement of such was not just descended from the Saxons and Angles, but also from Frisians, Jutes, and even Franks, and afterward was also descended significantly from the Norse, due to significant mixture between Norse and preexisting Anglo-Saxon populations. Consequently, one cannot consider even Englishpeople today who are primarily descended from Germanic, as opposed to Brythonic or Goidelic, language-speaking populations to be specifically descended from the "original" Anglo-Saxons due to the substantial degree of Norse settlement in the British Isles, and in particular in northern England and southern Scotland.
One must remember that the actual West Germanic-speaking population of the British Isles before the Norse settlement of such was not just descended from the Saxons and Angles, but also from Frisians, Jutes, and even Franks, and afterward was also descended significantly from the Norse, due to significant mixture between Norse and preexisting Anglo-Saxon populations. Consequently, one cannot consider even Englishpeople today who are primarily descended from Germanic, as opposed to Brythonic or Goidelic, language-speaking populations to be specifically descended from the "original" Anglo-Saxons due to the substantial degree of Norse settlement in the British Isles, and in particular in northern England and southern Scotland.