Seaxan

Etymology
From.

Proper noun

 * 1) the Saxons
 * 2) * , Manuscript E, year 605
 * "ang"

- Augustīnus cwæþ, "Ġif Wēalas nyllaþ sibbe wiþ ūs, hīe sċulon æt Seaxna handa forweorðan."

Usage notes

 * The genitive plural is Seaxna, not regular Seaxena. Syncopated -na was apparently the inherited gen. pl. ending in weak nouns; but *a was then inserted by analogy with the nom.-acc. pl., subsequently dissimilating to *e. By the literary period, the syncopated form is uncommon except in poetry and in some weak names of peoples. The syncope is preserved consistently in Seaxan, often in and, and never in  (“Goths”) and  (“Ethiopians”), though for the last two few examples survive.