@oralloy,
The
Lex Saxonum only mentions
nobiles,
liberi and
liti - 'litus' was the Frankish influence, since it is mentioned e.g. in the Lex Frisionum as well.
The Frankish influence changed the status of Saxon tribes.
One example is the grave of the "Prince of Beckum",from around 600 AD [actually I've been in the muesum there yesterday] .
Germanic people in this period thought of themselves as belonging to ethnicities and tribes, it is no longer be possible to decide whether or not these men thought of themselves as either Frankish, Saxon, “Westfalaos” or even Thuringian.
However, the prince from Beckum remains a fascinating example of a military leader endowed with at least one heirloom, a sword, signalling a connection with the Frankish world, but buried in a traditional pagan way in the locality, where he grew up, signifying a close connection between the man and the land in which he lived.
Another example would be my family name (ancestors lived 12 km east of those burial sites), which is of Saxon origin and wasn't changed to "Frankish".