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)

1. (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

1. The dialect of Old English spoken in Mercia.

Adjective

Mercian (not comparable)

1. 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