English
Northumber
Northumber comes from Middle English Northhumbre, and goes back to Old English Norþanhymbre.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Norþanhymbreas Norþhymbre
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Northhumbre
- Englishearliest quotation 1821Northumber
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Norþanhymbreas Norþhymbre
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Northhumbre
- Englishearliest quotation 1821Northumber
Earliest quotation: 1821, Alban Butler, The lives of the fathers: “From this monastery, all the churches of Bernicia, or…”
Every English word from Old English Norþanhymbre
Today it means
noun A Northumbrian.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English Norþanhymbre / Northumber