Bernicia

[ ber-nish-ee-uh, -nish-uh ]

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noun

a 6th- and 7th- century Anglian kingdom, merged with Deira to form the kingdom of Northumbria, in present-day NE England and SE Scotland.

Deira (called here Diria) which contained the southern parts, and Bernicia, comprehending those which lay north.

He gives twelve estates, six in Deira, six in Bernicia; each consists of the possessions of ten families.

Deira, and six in Bernicia, containing euerie of them ten housholds a pece.

Oswy, King of Bernicia, being at war with his kinsman Oswin, slays him unarmed.

His children fled over the western border to find refuge among the Welsh, and thelric of Bernicia entered Deira in triumph.

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