Berniciann.adj.
/bəˈnɪʃ(ɪ)ən/ A. n.
A native or inhabitant of Bernicia, an Anglian kingdom founded in the 6th cent. a.d., extending from the Tyne to the Forth and eventually united with Deira to form Northumbria.
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West Saxona1387
Merciana1513
Southumbrian1725
Cumbrian1747
Bernician1819
1819 J. Lingard Hist. Eng. I. ii. 89 The Bernicians submitted cheerfully to the good fortune of the son of Ælla.
1932 G. Sheldon Transit. Roman Brit. viii. 144 The ever-smouldering feud between Bernician and Deiran.
B. adj.
Of or pertaining to Bernicia or its inhabitants; spec. Geology, designating the carboniferous limestone rocks of Northumberland and its borders.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > stratigraphic units > [adjective] > primary or Palaeozoic > carboniferous > specific
Bernician1856
seral1858
vespertine1858
Mississippian1891
Pennsylvanian1891
Westphalian1895
Stephanian1901
Viséan1905
Tournaisian1910
Namurian1915
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [adjective] > of ancient kingdoms
Bernician1907
the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > England > [adjective] > districts of England > Old English districts or kingdoms
Mercian1543
Southumbrian1819
Bernician1907
1856 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca iii. 409 (heading) Geological table..Bernician.
1878 G. A. Lebour Geol. Northumberland & Durham i. 2 Lower carboniferous... Bernician series.
1878 G. A. Lebour Geol. Northumberland & Durham viii. 32 The Bernician Rocks... The series consists essentially of numerous beds of limestone.
1907 H. M. Chadwick Origin Eng. Nation vii. 182 These persons again were nearly related to the ancestors of the Bernician royal family.
1932 G. Sheldon Transit. Roman Brit. viii. 134 A member of the Bernician royal house and a pretender to the throne.
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