sb. and a. Hist. [repr. OE. Súð(an)hymbre: cf. NORTHUMBRIAN.]

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  A.  sb. A native or inhabitant of the northern part of the early English kingdom of Mercia.

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1823.  Ingram, trans. Saxon Chron., 37/2. Oswald … was slain by Penda, king of the Southumbrians [in 642].

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1853.  C. D. Yonge, trans. Matt. Westminster, I. 333. The Mercians, who are also called the Southumbrians, that is to say, that part of the Mercians … north of the river Trent.

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1899.  Plummer, Sax. Chron., II. 440/2. Penda a Southumbrian.

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  B.  adj. Of or pertaining to northern Mercia.

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1887.  Dict. Nat. Biogr., XI. 213. A reaction against the Southumbrian party.

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1899.  Plummer, Sax. Chron., II. 35. Extent of the Southumbrian kingdom.

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