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Souˈthumbrian, n. and a. Hist.
[repr. OE. Súð(an)hymbre: cf. Northumbrian.]
A. n. A native or inhabitant of the northern part of the early English kingdom of Mercia.
1823Ingram tr. Saxon Chron. 37/2 Oswald..was slain by Penda, king of the Southumbrians [in 642]. 1853C. D. Yonge tr. Matt. Westminster I. 333 The Mercians, who are also called the Southumbrians, that is to say, that part of the Mercians..north of the river Trent. 1899Plummer Sax. Chron. II. 440/2 Penda a Southumbrian.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to northern Mercia.
1887Dict. Nat. Biogr. XI. 213 A reaction against the Southumbrian party. 1899Plummer Sax. Chron. II. 35 Extent of the Southumbrian kingdom. |