Crossword clues for sassenach
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sassenach \Sas"sen*ach\, n. [Gael. sasunnach.]
A Saxon; an Englishman; a Lowlander. [Celtic]
--Sir W. Scott.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Gaelic for "English person," 1771, Sassenaugh, literally "Saxon," from Gaelic Sasunnach, from Latin Saxones, from a Germanic source (such as Old English Seaxe "the Saxons;" see Saxon). The modern form of the word was established c.1814 by Sir Walter Scott, from Scottish Sasunnoch, Irish Sasanach, Welsh Seisnig.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context Scotland pejorative English) An http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English%20people person. 2 (context Scotland pejorative English) A http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish%20Lowlands Scot.
Usage examples of "sassenach".
Together, amid the wool and hides, they hid from the English pirates, the hated Sassenach who attacked off Flamborough Head.
Michael Scott did not question just what the Sassenachs at Whyffler Hall intended to do with so much clay.
Laird Michael Scott did not question just what the Sassenachs at Whyffler Hall intended to do with so much clay.
Abbot Fergus penned in his own hand an addendum to the letter to his parent house, noting that Father Mark had been found dead, murdered by a mad Sassenach, one Uilleam Kawlyer, who now was roaming at large in the habit and shoes of the murdered priest.
The cold, wet, miserable galloglaiches proved themselves ever more than willing to impart to these intemperate Sassenach amateur banditti lessons that were almost invariably fatal in nature.
The Ui Neill bastard wha' conquered Ulaid wi' his galloglaiches be dead, daggered by ane o' his own during a truce wi' Ulaidian rebels and that selfsame Sassenach duke as saved oor little Eibhlin, His Grace o' Norfolk, may oor Savior bless and keep him for ay.
Besides, it's no fine needlework, Sassenach, it's only plain knitting.
The very first time he'd seen that sight had been on the road from Randallstown, where the Sassenach had broken the men of County Antrim.
His brother had smiled like that, before he died on the road from Randallstown to Antrim, and had been tossed into the sandpit by the Sassenach.
The very first time he’d seen that sight had been on the road from Randallstown, where the Sassenach had broken the men of County Antrim.
The Sassenach, His Grace of Norfolk, it was, took her flo'er, and nae man has swived her since, this she swears by the Rood.