Merciann.adj.

Brit.

/ˈməːsɪən/,

/ˈməːʃ(ɪə)n/, U.S.

/ˈmərʃ(i)ən/

Forms: 1500s Mercyen, 1500s–1600s Mertian, 1500s– Mercian.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Mercius , -an suffix.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin Mercius of Mercia (9th cent.; < Merci the Mercians (from 7th cent. in British sources) < Old English (Anglian) Merce (also (West Saxon) Mierce , Mirce , Myrce ) < merc mark n.¹) + -an suffix. Compare post-classical Latin Mercenus , Mercianus , adjective and noun (late 7th cent. in British sources). Compare Merchene law n.See discussion s.v. Merchene law n. for the folk etymology implicit in quot. 1543 at sense B. Old English Mierce, lit. ‘borderers’, is thought to derive from their position between the Anglo-Saxon settlements of the east coast and the British kingdoms of the west.

A. n.

1. A native or inhabitant of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia, in central England.Although the kingdom of Mercia originally included only the border areas of the western and northern midlands, it later expanded, especially under Ethelbald (d. 757) and Offa (d. 796), to include an extensive region from the Welsh frontiers to East Anglia, and from the Thames to the Humber.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England > ancient kingdoms

West Saxona1387

Merciana1513

Southumbrian1725

Cumbrian1747

Bernician1819

a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. i. sig. a.iiii Her fathers kyngedome the realme of Mercyens.

?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. iv. 183 Cuthredus..beinge endamaged with manie injuries by the Mercians..insurged mannefullie againste them.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. iii. sig. Ee2^v It shall make The warlike Mertians for feare to quake.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia at Merchenlage The third [division of England] was possessed and governed by the Mercians.

1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. iv. 181 Offa the Mercian, a strenuous and suttle King.

1759 A. Butler Lives Saints IV. 233 Not long after the Mercians took up arms.

1813 T. J. Dibdin Metrical Hist. Eng. I. ii. 69 A Norman and Northumbrian miscreant crew, With Danes and Mercians to his side he drew.

1876 J. R. Lumby Introd. to Higden (Rolls) VI. p. xxxv Victory declared for the Mercians.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 290/1 The Mercians soon made peace with their foes.

1988 Oxf. Illustr. Encycl. III. 15/1 The..Mercians (Midlands)..were descended from the Angles.

2. The Anglian dialect of Old English spoken in Mercia.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > Old English > varieties of

West Saxon1834

Mercian1836

Anglian1875

Northumbrian1889

Alfredian1933

1836 R. Garnett in Q. Rev. Feb. 356 Mercian, vestiges of which appear in Shropshire, Staffordshire, and..Derbyshire.

1864 R. Morris Early Eng. Allit. Poems p. xxii The West-Midland, corresponding to Garnett's Mercian, instead of -est and -eth employs the inflexions that are so common in the so-called Northumbrian documents of the ninth and tenth centuries.

1889 W. W. Skeat Holy Gospels in Anglo-Saxon Introd. The present edition of the Four Gospels (in Latin, Anglo-Saxon, Northumbrian and Old Mercian) brings together [etc.].

1914 H. C. Wyld Short Hist. Eng. v. 74 All the O.E. dialects are to some extent subject to this change, which consists in diphthonging i, e, and in Mercian æ, when u, or o..followed in the next syllable.

1990 Trans. Philol. Soc. 88 89 In Mercian only, pre-OE [æ] occurred in another diphthongisation environment, before an unstressed back vowel.., and appears as <ea>.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of Mercia or its dialect.

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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > England > [adjective] > districts of England > Old English districts or kingdoms

Mercian1543

Southumbrian1819

Bernician1907

the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > Old English > dialects of

West Saxon1848

Anglian1871

Mercian1887

1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 66 (MED) Howe Guytelyn, kyng of Britayne, wedded Marcian to wife, that Mercian lawes made, by her great wisedome..Marcyan..lawes made of her syngularytee, That called wer the lawes Marcyane.

1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica xx Six and twenty yeares made good His right in Brittaine, Mercia his faire wife Deuisde the Mercian Lawes.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 89 Wolphere, the Mercian King.

1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur v. 147 The Mercian Ruffian's bloody Dart.

1778 J. Home Alfred iii. 42 My fair captive is the Mercian maid By Alfred lov'd.

1797 Encycl. Brit. XI. 400/2 The extent of the Mercian territories was so ample as to admit..the constituting subordinate rulers.

1842 T. Wright Specimens Lyric Poetry Pref. p. vi We have another Mercian legend in Latin, De Martyrio Sancti Wistani.

1887 W. W. Skeat Holy Gospels in Anglo-Saxon Pref. 7 The Old Mercian glosses in the Rushworth MS. are of peculiar interest.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 289/2 In 909 and 910 Æthelflaed or her husband must have led the Mercian host at the battles of Tettenhall and Wednesfield.

1970 H. Braun Parish Churches iv. 52 An interesting variant of the normal semicircular apse is the polygonal one with three sides..which from its incidence in this country might be called the ‘Mercian apse’.

1992 Coin Monthly Feb. 47/2 In Anglo-Saxon England the Mercian King Offa copied the Frankish denier.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mercian
释义	Merciann.adj. Brit. /ˈməːsɪən/, /ˈməːʃ(ɪə)n/, U.S. /ˈmərʃ(i)ən/ Forms: 1500s Mercyen, 1500s–1600s Mertian, 1500s– Mercian. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Mercius , -an suffix. Etymology: < post-classical Latin Mercius of Mercia (9th cent.; < Merci the Mercians (from 7th cent. in British sources) < Old English (Anglian) Merce (also (West Saxon) Mierce , Mirce , Myrce ) < merc mark n.¹) + -an suffix. Compare post-classical Latin Mercenus , Mercianus , adjective and noun (late 7th cent. in British sources). Compare Merchene law n.See discussion s.v. Merchene law n. for the folk etymology implicit in quot. 1543 at sense B. Old English Mierce, lit. ‘borderers’, is thought to derive from their position between the Anglo-Saxon settlements of the east coast and the British kingdoms of the west. A. n. 1. A native or inhabitant of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia, in central England.Although the kingdom of Mercia originally included only the border areas of the western and northern midlands, it later expanded, especially under Ethelbald (d. 757) and Offa (d. 796), to include an extensive region from the Welsh frontiers to East Anglia, and from the Thames to the Humber. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England > ancient kingdoms West Saxona1387 Merciana1513 Southumbrian1725 Cumbrian1747 Bernician1819 a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. i. sig. a.iiii Her fathers kyngedome the realme of Mercyens. ?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. iv. 183 Cuthredus..beinge endamaged with manie injuries by the Mercians..insurged mannefullie againste them. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. iii. sig. Ee2^v It shall make The warlike Mertians for feare to quake. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia at Merchenlage The third [division of England] was possessed and governed by the Mercians. 1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. iv. 181 Offa the Mercian, a strenuous and suttle King. 1759 A. Butler Lives Saints IV. 233 Not long after the Mercians took up arms. 1813 T. J. Dibdin Metrical Hist. Eng. I. ii. 69 A Norman and Northumbrian miscreant crew, With Danes and Mercians to his side he drew. 1876 J. R. Lumby Introd. to Higden (Rolls) VI. p. xxxv Victory declared for the Mercians. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 290/1 The Mercians soon made peace with their foes. 1988 Oxf. Illustr. Encycl. III. 15/1 The..Mercians (Midlands)..were descended from the Angles. 2. The Anglian dialect of Old English spoken in Mercia. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > Old English > varieties of West Saxon1834 Mercian1836 Anglian1875 Northumbrian1889 Alfredian1933 1836 R. Garnett in Q. Rev. Feb. 356 Mercian, vestiges of which appear in Shropshire, Staffordshire, and..Derbyshire. 1864 R. Morris Early Eng. Allit. Poems p. xxii The West-Midland, corresponding to Garnett's Mercian, instead of -est and -eth employs the inflexions that are so common in the so-called Northumbrian documents of the ninth and tenth centuries. 1889 W. W. Skeat Holy Gospels in Anglo-Saxon Introd. The present edition of the Four Gospels (in Latin, Anglo-Saxon, Northumbrian and Old Mercian) brings together [etc.]. 1914 H. C. Wyld Short Hist. Eng. v. 74 All the O.E. dialects are to some extent subject to this change, which consists in diphthonging i, e, and in Mercian æ, when u, or o..followed in the next syllable. 1990 Trans. Philol. Soc. 88 89 In Mercian only, pre-OE [æ] occurred in another diphthongisation environment, before an unstressed back vowel.., and appears as <ea>. B. adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Mercia or its dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > England > [adjective] > districts of England > Old English districts or kingdoms Mercian1543 Southumbrian1819 Bernician1907 the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > Old English > dialects of West Saxon1848 Anglian1871 Mercian1887 1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 66 (MED) Howe Guytelyn, kyng of Britayne, wedded Marcian to wife, that Mercian lawes made, by her great wisedome..Marcyan..lawes made of her syngularytee, That called wer the lawes Marcyane. 1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica xx Six and twenty yeares made good His right in Brittaine, Mercia his faire wife Deuisde the Mercian Lawes. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 89 Wolphere, the Mercian King. 1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur v. 147 The Mercian Ruffian's bloody Dart. 1778 J. Home Alfred iii. 42 My fair captive is the Mercian maid By Alfred lov'd. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XI. 400/2 The extent of the Mercian territories was so ample as to admit..the constituting subordinate rulers. 1842 T. Wright Specimens Lyric Poetry Pref. p. vi We have another Mercian legend in Latin, De Martyrio Sancti Wistani. 1887 W. W. Skeat Holy Gospels in Anglo-Saxon Pref. 7 The Old Mercian glosses in the Rushworth MS. are of peculiar interest. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 289/2 In 909 and 910 Æthelflaed or her husband must have led the Mercian host at the battles of Tettenhall and Wednesfield. 1970 H. Braun Parish Churches iv. 52 An interesting variant of the normal semicircular apse is the polygonal one with three sides..which from its incidence in this country might be called the ‘Mercian apse’. 1992 Coin Monthly Feb. 47/2 In Anglo-Saxon England the Mercian King Offa copied the Frankish denier. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.a1513
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