Anglian
[ang-glee-uh n]
- Also Anglic. of or relating to the Angles or to East Anglia.
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- an Angle.
- the northern and central group of Old English dialects, spoken in Northumbria and Mercia.
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Origin of Anglian
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Examples from the Web for anglian
Historical Examples
The Anglian learned to feast to repletion, and drink to delirium.
Harold, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
It is a nicer difficulty to account for the choice of the Anglian name.
Amenities of LiteratureIsaac Disraeli
"It has had enough to eat already," said an Anglian passenger who was standing near them.
Captain Jinks, HeroErnest Crosby
"It is the part of Anglian thanes to die with their king," said Sighard angrily.
A King's ComradeCharles Whistler
The same was probably the case with the whole Anglian coast on the east.
Early BritainGrant Allen
Anglian
- of or relating to the Angles or to the Anglian dialects of Old English
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- the group of Old and Middle English dialects spoken in the Midlands and the north of England, divided into Mercian and NorthumbrianSee also Kentish, West Saxon
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See also East Anglia
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Word Origin and History for anglian
Anglian
"of the Angles," 1726; see Angle. The Old English word was Englisc, but as this came to be used in reference to the whole Germanic people of Britain, a new word was wanted to describe this one branch of them.
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