Northumber

English Etymology From en enm Northhumbre, from en ang Norþhymbre, variant of ang Norþanhymbre. Pronunciation en /nɔːˈθʌmbə/ RP en /nɔɹˈθʌmbɚ/ GA Noun en obsolete poetic A Northumbrian. en The lives of the fathers, martyrs, and other principal saints Alban Butler 1821 546–547 8 John Murphy https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=0ngTAAAAQAAJ From this monastery, all the churches of Bernicia, or the northern part of the kingdom of the Northumbers from the Tine to the Firth of Edinburgh, had their beginning ; as had some also of those of the Deïri, who inhabited the southern part of the same kingdom from the Tine to the Humber. en Dodd's Church History of England Charles Dodd; Mark Aloysius Tierney 1839 32 Charles Dolman https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=wwRMAAAAYAAJ Some years after Ælla of Deira Alla's reign, when Ethelfred was king of the Northumbers, he made war with the British Christians that inhabited Wales, and was the author of that terrible slaughter of the monks of Bangor. en The Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of England Joseph Strutt; J. B. Planché 1842 133 Henry G. Bohn https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=3PtcAAAAcAAJ All our historians agree that Oswald was a man of much piety, and of an amiable disposition. By his valour he united the kingdoms of Bernicia, and Deira, and made himself sole monarch over all the Northumbers. en British demonyms