Mercian
English
Alternative forms
- Mertian (obsolete)
Etymology
From Late Latin Mercius + -an, Latinized from Old English Mierċe.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈməːsɪən/, /ˈməːʃ(ə)n/
Noun
Mercian (plural Mercians)
- (historical) A native or inhabitant of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- And comming forth shall spred his banner brave / Over the troubled South, that it shall make / The warlike Mertians for feare to quake […]
Proper noun
Mercian
- The dialect of Old English spoken in Mercia.
Adjective
Mercian (not comparable)
- Of, from or relating to Mercia.
Translations
of, from or relating to Mercia