Examples of 'mercian' in a sentence
Meaning of "mercian"
A Mercian is a member of the Anglian kingdom of Mercia, one of the kingdoms of the Heptarchy in Anglo-Saxon England
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- A native or inhabitant of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia.
- The dialect of Old English spoken in Mercia.
- Of, from or relating to Mercia.
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We have heard that several leading mercian nobles.
Of the mercian royal family.
The battle led to a temporary collapse of Mercian power.
I am Mercian in blood through my mother.
He manages to throw off his claim to Mercian overlordship.
The Mercian king fled and was replaced by a puppet ruler.
This gloss is in the Mercian dialect.
She is Mercian in blood and defied me to send troops to help you.
She is rather fair for a Mercian.
I will not sacrifice a single Mercian life unless it is absolutely necessary.
Osthryth was not the first of her family to become a Mercian queen.
Charters show the Mercian leaders supporting the revival by their generosity to monastic communities.
The resulting list of eight bretwaldas omits several strong Mercian kings.
Mercian and Northumbrian are together referred to as Anglian.
Yet you gave what was most precious to you to the Mercian people.
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Mercian must not fight Mercian.
He most probably holds the story of this irradiated Mercian soldier from him.
Relations between Mercian kings and their Kentish subjects were distant.
There are two main theories regarding the ancestry of Mercian kings of this period.
The Mercian resurgence under Wulfhere placed them under severe pressure.
Your uncle wants you concealed so you do not threaten the Mercian throne.
Penda and the Mercian SupremacyEdit.
I must go to Aegelesburg to summon the Mercian fyrds.
Boernred succeeded to the Mercian throne upon the death of Æthelbald.
It is good to see Aegelesburg back in Mercian hands.
Mercian scholarship had high prestige at the courts of Alfred and Edward.
And nor will the Mercian army.
Then the Mercian Guard will be ordered to ram the gate down.
I have summoned the Mercian fyrds.
At this time the Mercian royal hermit Guthlac was living on the island of Crowland.
I need a loyal man to lead the Mercian Guard.
The Mercian Guard is leaderless without Eardwulf and the fyrd is disheartened and scattered.
He has bribed the Mercian ealdormen.
The Mercian Guard is loyal to him.
Tolkien based many of the names of Rohan on Mercian examples.
I have ordered the Mercian fyrd to Tettenhall.
It is unwise to insult a lady who travels defended by Mercian Guard.
My deep love of Mercian politics.
I am here because I am every breath a Mercian.
He is killed by Mercian archers.
And the Mercian Ealdormen should be invited to attend a Wessex Witan.
And they are not Mercian.
The first Mercian king was Icel.
I believe they were Mercian.
This is Mercian craftsmanship.
They were seen by Mercian monks.
Our Mercian scouts.
The battle effectively brought an end to Mercian supremacy in southern England.
The Mercian succession.
The two regiments were subsequently amalgamated as part of the Mercian Regiment.
