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Mercian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈməːʃ(ə)n/ (UK)
• /ˈməːsɪən/ (UK)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of, from or relating to Mercia.

Forms

Translations (4)

pt mércio (of, from or relating to Mercia) · cs mercijský (of, from or relating to Mercia) · ang Mierċisċ (of, from or relating to Mercia) · mr मेर्सियन (of, from or relating to Mercia)

Mercian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈməːʃ(ə)n/ (UK)
• /ˈməːsɪən/ (UK)

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

Mercian en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈməːʃ(ə)n/ (UK)
• /ˈməːsɪən/ (UK)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. The dialect of Old English spoken in Mercia.

Forms