adjective
noun
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the dialect of Old and Middle English spoken in the Midlands of England south of the River Humber
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a native or inhabitant of Mercia See also Anglian Northumbrian
Etymology
Origin of Mercian
Example Sentences
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His dynastic claim was that he was a descendant of Eowa, the brother of Penda, a great Mercian warrior who had lived a hundred years before.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
“He faced dissatisfaction with the actions of his father on the part of several major figures, as well as unrest in several areas brought into the Mercian fold by Offa.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Other finds included an early 6th-Century Mercian warrior burials and a 7th-Century mound burial of a man with a sword, whose rediscovery "was down to Dave Derby", he adds.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025
Comrades from the Mercian Regiment found him cowering under his bed in his full British Army combat gear.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2025
From the reign of the Mercian Cenwulf to the reign of the Confessor it was virtually free from papal interference, and the Popes took little heed of what passed in England.
From The English Church in the Middle Ages by William Hunt
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