RE the definition cited, is "Anglo-Saxon" really a dvandva, or are Anglo-Saxons to be distinguished from continental Saxons, or Saxons of other stripes? That would seem to make Ango subordinate to Saxon (linguistically, not historically), and thus not a true dvandva.
RE the definition cited, is "Anglo-Saxon" really a dvandva, or are Anglo-Saxons to be distinguished from continental Saxons, or Saxons of other stripes? That would seem to make Ango subordinate to Saxon (linguistically, not historically), and thus not a true dvandva.
IIRC, Anglo-Saxon doe not refer to the English branch of the Saxons, but instead to a new group made up of the Angles, Saxons and other Germanic peoples who settled in England.
Zippity-ayyyyyyy!
My-oh-my what a dvandvaful day!
Distinguished, why, yes. Obviously, the Anglo-Saxons had a little dash, lacking in there lethargic continental counterparts.
The same connection can be made between "phallus" and "blow" (the root means "inflate"), which is much funnier, imho.
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IIRC, Anglo-Saxon doe not refer to the English branch of the Saxons, but instead to a new group made up of the Angles, Saxons and other Germanic peoples who settled in England.
And yet phallic and cephalic are entirely unrelated.
Another one that might also be a dvandva:
courtyard (court and yard coming from the same root).