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Northumbrian, a. and n.|nɔːˈθʌmbrɪən|
[f. prec. + -ian.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Northumbria or Northumberland.
1622Drayton Poly-olb. xxiv. 937 The Roll of these Northumbrian Kings. Ibid. 1238 Of the Northumbrian Line so have we many more. 1776Sir D. Dalrymple Annals Scotl. I. 7 Maerleswegen, Gospatrick, and other Northumbrian nobles. 1818Scott Rob Roy v, The monsters of heraldry, embodied by the art of some Northumbrian chisel. Ibid. xviii, A snug comfortable Northumbrian cottage. 1845R. Garnett in Proc. Philol. Soc. II. 78 This admixture of the Northmen in the population of the Northumbrian provinces. 1884Encycl. Brit. XVII. 567/2 The management of many Northumbrian farms is excellent.
B. n.
1. An inhabitant or native of ancient Northumbria or modern Northumberland.
1752Life Bernard Gilpin 207 These wild Northumbrians indeed went beyond the ferocity of their ancestors. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XIII. 111/2 The Northumbrians were anciently stigmatized as a savage, barbarous people. 1828–43Tytler Hist. Scot. (1864) I. 56 The Scots..delayed their advance; and the Northumbrians..returned home. 1884Encycl. Brit. XVII. 567/1 In physique the Northumbrian is stalwart and robust.
2. The northern dialect of English current in ancient Northumbria; also, the modern dialect of Northumberland.
1845Kemble in Proc. Philol. Soc. II. 125 The most extensive monument of pure Northumbrian which we possess. 1889Skeat Gospels Introd., The other three Gospels are glossed in Old Northumbrian.
Hence Norˈthumbrianism.
1845R. Garnett in Proc. Philol. Soc. II. 84 The Northumbrianisms swa, gude, sall, swilke, til. |
