Mercian

English

Alternative forms

Mertian (obsolete)

Etymology

From Late Latin Mercius + -an, Latinized from Old English Mierċe.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈməːsɪən/, /ˈməːʃ(ə)n/

Noun

Mercian (plural Mercians)

(historical) A native or inhabitant of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
  And comming forth shall spred his banner brave / Over the troubled South, that it shall make / The warlike Mertians for feare to quake […]

Proper noun

Mercian

The dialect of Old English spoken in Mercia.

Adjective

Mercian (not comparable)

Of, from or relating to Mercia.

Translations

of, from or relating to Mercia

Czech: mercijský m
Old English: Mierċisċ
Portuguese: mércio

Anagrams

Carmine, Crimean, carmine, ceriman, minecar

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