Auld Saxon leid

Auld Saxon, forby kent as Auld Law German or Auld Nether-Saxon, is the form o Nether-Saxon that wis spoak fae the 8t til 12t yeirhunners. It is first an earliest recordit form o Nether-Saxon an eventually evolvit tae Middle Law German. It is closely relatit tae the Anglo-Frisie leids as it is fae the North Sea Germanic faimily.^[2]

Old Saxon
Old Low German
Sahsisk
Region	Northwast Germany, Northeast Netherlands, Soothren Denmark (North Schleswig)
Ethnicity	Saxons
Era	8th–12th yeirhunners; maistly developit intae Middle Low German at the end o the 12th yeirhunner
Leid faimily	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic North Sea Germanic Old Saxon
Writin seestem	Latin
Leid codes
ISO 639-3	osx
Linguist List	osx
Glottolog	olds1250[1]
Area in whit Old Saxon wis spoak in yellow
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Literature

Heliand excerpt fae the German Historical Museum

Anely a wee tex survivit, maistly vows the Saxons wur required tae perform at the behest o the Charlemagne. The anely literary tex preservit is Heliand an wee pairts o the Auld Saxon Genesis forby. Ithers are:

• Beda homily (Homilie Bedas)
• Credo (Abrenunciatio diaboli et credo) → Old Saxon baptismal vow.
• Essener Heberegister
• auld Saxon Baptismal Vow (German: Sächsisches Taufgelöbnis)
• Penitentiary (altsächsische Beichte, altwestfälische Beichte)
• Trierer Blutsegen ( de.)
• Spurihalz (Wiener Pferdsegen) ( de.)
• Wurmsegen (Wiener Wurmsegen) ( de).
• Psalms commentary (Gernroder Psalmenkommentar)

See forbye

• auld Saxon Genesis
• auld Saxon Baptismal Vow
• Heliand
• Middle Law German
• Nether-Saxon
• Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law