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Anglian

Anglian

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A group of Old English dialects like Mercian and Northumbrian spoken in central and northern England
  • noun
  • /ˈæŋɡliən/
  • UK
: angliano
  • The Anglian dialects have unique features that set them apart from other Old English forms.
  • East Anglian
  • Anglian village

Examples

  • To look at The Rings of Saturn as a text of witnessing thus means taking seriously the relation between the narrator's impressions of the East Anglian landscapes he traverses and the discursive mode in which they are subsequently rendered.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Given a recent summary of research that "the original settlers brought a full complement of cultural baggage and succeeded against odds -- at least in New England -- in reconstituting the familiar patterns of their homeland," it comes as small wonder that the East Anglians recreated a local society in the New World where "Men of Good Ranke and Quality" ruled again.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Let us begin with the East Anglian village.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The church was one of those towered East Anglian flinty bastions.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • 15. How did the East Anglian settlers reshape their new settlements in Ipswich and Springfield in New England?

    Academic text (1995)
  • What was the character of the three communities under comparison: the East Anglian village Earls Colne and the New England towns Springfield and Ipswich?

    Academic text (1995)
  • Most agree, however, that despite the existence of considerable differences in property and status among early New Englanders, New England towns were not as sharply differentiated as many of those East Anglian communities, which were the English homes of many of the settlers.

    Academic text (1995)
  • We bring greetings to Lord Vortgyn, conqueror of the Anglian people, rightful ruler of Britannia.

  • I raised the slim iron latch of the wooden gate, which was overgrown with creepers, and went around the old Norman church with its characteristic East Anglian round tower.

    Blog text (3)
  • The central thrust of this argument rests on the contrast between the mobility, both social and geographical, of the yeomen and weavers of an East Anglian cloth village, and the mobility of the settlers of two New England towns, as far as it is observable through different tax lists and, where available, the parish register.

    Academic text (1995)

Surface Forms

Anglian singular
Anglians plural

Morphology

Anglian = Angle (semi-transparent) = angl + ian

Formed from the ethnonym 'Angle' plus the productive suffix '-ian', making the relation clear, but the base refers to a historical tribe unfamiliar to many learners.

Etymology

Anglian comes from the name of the early people called the Angles, whose name also gave us England and English. So Anglian describes the old forms of English spoken in the areas where the Angles settled, especially parts of central and northern England.