Seringas

seringas Old English Etymology Uncertain. Possibly from ang la Sērēs, which is derived from ang grc Σῆρες, and possibly ultimately from ang och 絲 silk *sə. Pronunciation Seringas Proper noun m ang hapax most likely refers to the Seres (northern Chinese people), but may refer to the Saracens, in which case it is identical in meaning to ang Sercingas; "Syrians" has also been suggested as a potential meaning Widsith: ang Mid Sercingum iċ wæs ond mid Seringum;mid Crēacum iċ wæs ond midFinnum ond mid Cāseresē þe wīnburga ġeweald āhte... I was with the Sercings and with the SeringsI was with the Greeks and I was withthe Finns and with Caesar,he who had power over feasting-towns... Usage notes Only attested in the dative plural ang Seringum. Possibly identical in meaning to ang Sercingas. Further reading en Hill, Joyce "Widsið" and the Tenth Century https://www.jstor.org/stable/43343599?seq=1 Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 1985 85 3 305-315 ang Ethnonyms