Saxon: Comes from the word saex - a short crooked sword; and so "the men of the sword." We can readily understand how, with sword in hand, they became invincible in arms, and how they spread dread and destruction all along the shores which they frequented. By the terror of their name they compelled the Gauls to include in their litany a new petition, "Deliver us, O Lord, from the fury of the Northmen." How could it be otherwise than that the men who affected such grim appellations as "Bloody-ax," "Skull-cleaver,"

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