Anglian
Also Anglic. of or relating to the Angles or to East Anglia.
an Angle.
the northern and central group of Old English dialects, spoken in Northumbria and Mercia.
Origin of Anglian
1Words Nearby Anglian
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How to use Anglian in a sentence
In some cases our East Anglian dialect is merely a survival of old English, as when we say ‘axe’ for ‘ask.’
East Anglia | J. Ewing RitchieAn M.P., who shall be nameless, supplies me with an apt illustration of East Anglian dialect.
East Anglia | J. Ewing RitchieAs a town, it is more prettily situated than are most East Anglian villages and towns.
East Anglia | J. Ewing RitchieIn all the East Anglian meeting-houses fifty years ago such men abounded.
East Anglia | J. Ewing RitchieThere is nothing peculiar, then, in the fact that Beowulf celebrates heroes who were not of Anglian birth.
Beowulf | R. W. Chambers
British Dictionary definitions for Anglian
/ (ˈæŋɡlɪən) /
of or relating to the Angles or to the Anglian dialects of Old English
the group of Old and Middle English dialects spoken in the Midlands and the north of England, divided into Mercian and Northumbrian: See also Kentish, West Saxon
- See also East Anglia
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