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单词 northumbrian
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Northumbriann.adj.

Brit. /nɔːˈθʌmbrɪən/, U.S. /nɔrˈθəmbriən/
Forms: 1500s– Northumbrian, 1700s Northumbriane.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Northumber n., -ian suffix.
Etymology: < Northumber n. + -ian suffix.Compare Old English Norðhymbrisc (adjective; < Northumber n. + -ish suffix1).
A. n.
1. A native or inhabitant of the ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria (cf. Northumber n.) (now historical). In recent use also: a native or inhabitant of Northumberland.The Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria stretched from the River Humber to the Firth of Forth. More recently the name has been used for a smaller area in the extreme north-east of England, approximately equivalent to the county of Northumberland.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England > north of England > Northumbria
NorthumbereOE
Northumbrian1752
Geordie1892
1531 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Chron. Scotl. (1941) II. x. v. 27 Athelstane..allegeand the said landis to pertene to his empyre..reft affoir fra Northumbrianis.
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vii. ix. 303/2 The Conuersion of the Northumbrians to the imbracement of Christian Religion.
1752 Life Bernard Gilpin 207 These wild Northumbrians indeed went beyond the ferocity of their ancestors.
1797 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 111/2 The Northumbrians were anciently stigmatized as a savage, barbarous people.
1828 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) I. 56 The Scots..delayed their advance; and the Northumbrians..returned home.
1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 567/1 In physique the Northumbrian is stalwart and robust.
1936 J. Buchan Island of Sheep ix. 179 The landlord was a big, slow-spoken Northumbrian.
1985 R. Hill No Man's Land iii. i. 268 The Northumbrian essayed a conciliatory grin.
2. The regional form of Old English used in ancient Northumbria.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > British English > English English
north country1698
west country1711
Yorkshire1717
Kenticism1735
English English1783
cockney1812
Cockneyese1823
East Angliana1825
Somersetian1825
Northumbrian1845
Norfolk1863
Kentish1866
Doric1870
Kensingtonian1911
Mummerset1915
Geordie1928
Hoxtoniana1935
scouse1963
mockney1967
Kensington1968
Liverpudlian1985
Jafaican2006
MLE2006
Multicultural London English2006
the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > Old English > varieties of
West Saxon1834
Mercian1836
Anglian1875
Northumbrian1889
Alfredian1933
1845 Proc. Philol. Soc. 2 125 The most extensive monument of pure Northumbrian which we possess.
1889 W. W. Skeat Gospels Introd. The other three Gospels are glossed in Old Northumbrian.
1975 Listener 28 Aug. 274/2 Swinburne made a serious attempt to write ballads in Northumbrian.
1991 Internat. Rev. Appl. Ling. in Lang. Teaching 29 332 The language..consisted of four major dialects: Northumbrian, Midland (or Mercian), West Saxon, Kentish.
B. adj.
Of or relating to ancient Northumbria (now historical). Also: of, relating to, or characteristic of Northumberland or its dialect.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > England > [adjective] > districts of England > specific counties
Kentisha1100
Norfolk1407
Northumbrian1602
Somersetian1612
Sussexian1612
Sussexan1614
East Anglian1622
Suffolkian1622
Yorkshire1683
Cumbrian1780
Cornubian1782
broad-acred1898
1602 W. Warner Epitome Hist. Eng. in Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) 368 [They] had sundrie ouerhands of the Northumbrian Danes.
1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxiv. 95 The Roule of these Northumbrian Kings.
a1652 R. Brome Queenes Exchange (1657) i. ii. l. 69 The Northumbrian Embassador now at Court..made hot love to you.
1729 J. Harvey Life R. Bruce iii. 184 Albion's white Cliffs soon gain the foreign Sails, And pour their Legions on Northumbrian Vales.
1776 D. Dalrymple Ann. Scotl. I. 7 Maerleswegen, Gospatrick, and other Northumbrian nobles.
1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. v. 110 The monsters of heraldry, embodied by the art of some Northumbrian chisel.
1845 R. Garnett in Proc. Philol. Soc. 2 78 This admixture of the Northmen in the population of the Northumbrian provinces.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People i. §3. 25 The rough Northumbrian burr.
1934 F. C. Cornford Mountains & Molehills 53 Like the dead knights and nobles..Among Northumbrian boulders quite at rest.
1995 Holiday Which? Sept. 190/2 There's a good cheese shop—Northumbrian nettle cheese and other local specialities.

Derivatives

Norˈthumbrianism n. rare a word, pronunciation, etc., characteristic of Northumbrian English.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > British English > idiom of
Londonism1803
cockneyism1804
Englishism1804
Suffolkism1823
Borderism1839
Northumbrianism1845
Yorkshirism1849
Brummagism1858
southernism1920
northernism1942
1845 Proc. Philol. Soc. 2 84 The Northumbrianisms swa, gude, sall, swilke, til.
1992 R. D. Fulk Hist. Old Eng. Meter i. 70 Although a cannot be excrescent in middan-, there does appear to be a Northumbrianism with an excrescent vowel.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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