West Saxon dialect
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The West Saxon dialect is a historical variety of Old English that became the dominant written standard in Anglo-Saxon England, especially used in literary and religious texts.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| West Saxon dialect canonical | 2 |
| Late West Saxon | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20299110 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: West Saxon dialect Context triple: [Juliana (poem), literaryLanguage, West Saxon dialect]
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A.
East Saxon
An East Saxon is a person from the early medieval Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Essex in what is now southeastern England.
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B.
Middle Low Saxon
Middle Low Saxon is a historical West Germanic language once widely used in northern Germany and surrounding regions, particularly as a lingua franca of the Hanseatic League.
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C.
Upper Saxon
Upper Saxon is a Central German dialect spoken primarily in the German state of Saxony and surrounding areas, often associated with the regional speech of cities like Dresden and Leipzig.
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D.
Old Saxon
Old Saxon is an early West Germanic language spoken by the Saxons in what is now northern Germany and parts of the Netherlands, best known from texts like the biblical poem Heliand and as an ancestor of Low German.
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E.
Middle Anglia
Middle Anglia was an early medieval Anglo-Saxon region in what is now central England, situated between major Mercian and East Anglian territories.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: West Saxon dialect Target entity description: The West Saxon dialect is a historical variety of Old English that became the dominant written standard in Anglo-Saxon England, especially used in literary and religious texts.
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A.
East Saxon
An East Saxon is a person from the early medieval Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Essex in what is now southeastern England.
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B.
Middle Low Saxon
Middle Low Saxon is a historical West Germanic language once widely used in northern Germany and surrounding regions, particularly as a lingua franca of the Hanseatic League.
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C.
Upper Saxon
Upper Saxon is a Central German dialect spoken primarily in the German state of Saxony and surrounding areas, often associated with the regional speech of cities like Dresden and Leipzig.
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D.
Old Saxon
Old Saxon is an early West Germanic language spoken by the Saxons in what is now northern Germany and parts of the Netherlands, best known from texts like the biblical poem Heliand and as an ancestor of Low German.
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E.
Middle Anglia
Middle Anglia was an early medieval Anglo-Saxon region in what is now central England, situated between major Mercian and East Anglian territories.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: West Saxon dialect