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Bernician, n. and a.|bəˈnɪʃ(ɪ)ən|
[f. med.L. Bernicia (cf. OE. Beornice inhabitants of Bernicia) + -an.]
A. n. A native or inhabitant of Bernicia, an Anglian kingdom founded in the 6th cent. a.d., extending from the Tyne to the Forth and eventually united with Deira to form Northumbria.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to Bernicia or its inhabitants; spec. Geol., designating the carboniferous limestone rocks of Northumberland and its borders.
1819J. Lingard Hist. Engl. I. ii. 89 The Bernicians submitted cheerfully to the good fortune of the son of ælla. 1856S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca III. iii. 409 (heading) Geological table..Bernician. 1878G. A. Lebour Geol. Northumberland i. 2 Lower carboniferous... Bernician series. Ibid. viii. 32 The Bernician Rocks... The series consists essentially of numerous beds of limestone. 1907H. M. Chadwick Orig. Eng. Nation vii. 182 These persons again were nearly related to the ancestors of the Bernician royal family. 1932G. Sheldon Transit. Roman Britain viii. 134 A member of the Bernician royal house and a pretender to the throne. Ibid. 144 The ever-smouldering feud between Bernician and Deiran. |