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Norþanhymbre
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Old English
Alternative forms
ang Norþhymbre m-p
Etymology
Derived from ang norþan from the north + ang Humbre the Humber, thus meaning “people from north of the Humber”.
Pronunciation
Norþan-hymbre
Proper noun
m-p
the Northumbrians
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
ang And of Engle cōman Ēastengle ⁊ Middelengle ⁊ Myrċe ⁊ eall Norðhembra cynn... And from Anglia came the East Angles and the Middle Angles and the Mercians and all the Northumbrians...
ang Northumbria Q107299 1
Declension
strong i-stem Norþanhymbre Norþanhymbre Norþanhymbra Norþanhymbrum
Derived terms
ang Norþanhymbrisċ
Descendants
enm Northhumbre
ang i-stem nouns
ang Demonyms