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Norˈthumber Now rare.
[OE. Norðhymbre (also Norðan-), f. norð- north + Humbre the Humber. The ME. α-forms appear to represent the OE. gen. or dat. pl., but may have been taken in the sense of ‘Northumberland’.]
pl. The ancient inhabitants of Northumbria, or that part of England lying north of the Humber.
αa900O.E. Chron. (Parker MS.) an. 601, Edwine Norðhymbra cyning. a1122Ibid. (Laud MS.) an. 1095, Se eorl Rodbeard of Norðhymbran. c1205Lay. 30379 Cadwaðlan gon liðe..touward Norð-humbre. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 4683 Þe verste king of norþhumber. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) II. 81 Þis is þe citee þat Ethelfride, kyng of Norþhumber, destroyed.
β1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) II. 163 Al þe longage of þe Norþhumbres, and specialliche at Ȝork, is..scharp, slitting, and frotynge and vnschape. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 15 While king William was thus occupied in Normandy, the Northumbers rebelled. 1601Weever Mirror Mart. vi. i, He pierst the eie Of the Scots king, and set Northumbers free. 1631― Anc. Funeral Mon. To Rdr. 4 Ceonulph, King of the Northumbers. 1705J. Taylor Journ. Edenb. (1903) 51 Edwin, king of the Northumbers, a Pagan. 1756–9Butler Lives Saints (1836) II. 205 The English Saxon kingdom of the Northumbers. 1854Waterworth Eng. & Rome 182 His pious and zealous son, the King of the Northumbers. |