Bernicia

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

/ bərˈnɪʃ i ə, -ˈnɪʃ ə /

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

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In 937 Anlaf entered the Humber at the head of a huge armada of 615 sail, and occupied Bernicia.
Yorkshire Battles|Edward Lamplough
He reigned for twelve years in Bernicia, when Ethelric his son succeeded him.
The Paladins of Edwin the Great|Clements R. Markham
The name was suggested by that of the ancient province of Bernicia on the Anglo-Scottish borderland.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 6|Various
Lothian was then the name of the whole of the northern part of Bernicia stretching from the Cheviots to the Forth.
A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3)|Samuel R. Gardiner.

The six lost ones, found again, set out together from Stillingfleet and rode northwards into Bernicia.
The Paladins of Edwin the Great|Clements R. Markham