| 1. | The four main dialectal forms of Old English were West Saxon.
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| 2. | There were strong contacts between the West Saxon and Carolingian courts.
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| 3. | The biggest differences occurred between West Saxon and the other groups.
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| 4. | The earliest sources do not use the term " West Saxon ".
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| 5. | In the 9th century, Sussex was ruled by the West Saxons.
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| 6. | By this point Surrey had clearly passed out of West Saxon control.
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| 7. | Evidently these monasteries were in West Saxon territory by then.
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| 8. | At the time, Mercia was ruled by the West Saxon kings.
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| 9. | Eadburh married Beorhtric, king of the West Saxons.
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| 10. | Sussex had evidently broken away from West Saxon domination some time before this.
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