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Old Saxon
Spoken in	northwest Germany, southern Denmark
Language extinction	developed into Middle Low German in the 12th century
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Old Saxon; ; ;
Writing system	Latin alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-1	None
ISO 639-2	gem
ISO 639-3	osx
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Old Saxon, also known as Old Low German, is the earliest recorded form of Low German,^[1] documented from the 8th century until the 12th century, when it evolved into Middle Low German. It was spoken on the north-west coast of Germany and in Denmark by Saxon peoples. It is close enough to Old Anglo-Frisian (Old Frisian, Old English) that it partially participates in the Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law; it is also closely related to Old Low Franconian ("Old Dutch"). It is separated from Old High German by the High German consonant shift.

Only a few texts survive, predominantly in baptismal vows the Saxons were required to perform at the behest of Charlemagne. The only literary text preserved is Heliand.

Heliand
Genesis fragment^[2]
Trierer Blutsegen
Wurmsegen
Spurihalz
Old Saxon baptismal vow
Psalms commentary
Penitentiary
Beda homily
Credo
Essener Heberegister

[edit] References

^ Old Saxon language at Encyclopædia Britannica
^ On the basis of the edition by Burkhard Taeger, Max Niemeyer Verlag, Tübingen 1996 (10. Auflage) prepared by Jost Gippert, Frankfurt, 11.11.2003; TITUS version by Jost Gippert, Frankfurt a/M, 11.11.2003

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[0] Old Saxon language at Encyclopædia Britannica

[1] On the basis of the edition by Burkhard Taeger, Max Niemeyer Verlag, Tübingen 1996 (10. Auflage) prepared by Jost Gippert, Frankfurt, 11.11.2003; TITUS version by Jost Gippert, Frankfurt a/M, 11.11.2003

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