Definitions for Bernicia

Bernicia Ber·ni·ci·a

Spelling: [ber-nish-ee-uh, -nish-uh]
IPA: /bərˈnɪʃ i ə, -ˈnɪʃ ə/

Bernicia is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 250 anagrams from letters in Bernicia (abceiinr).

Definitions for Bernicia

noun

  1. a 6th- and 7th- century Anglian kingdom, merged with Deira to form the kingdom of Northumbria, in present-day NE England and SE Scotland.

Examples for Bernicia

The Scottish bishopric of Lindisfarne coincided with Bernicia.

The name was suggested by that of the ancient province of Bernicia on the Anglo-Scottish borderland.

He threw the archbishop into prison at Jedburgh in Bernicia.

Redwald then placed Edwin upon the throne of Deira and Bernicia.

In three days they reached Bambrough, the capital of Bernicia.

But burned and harried as it was, Bernicia still clung to the Cross.

His new kingdom was called Bernicia, and his principal fortress was on a rock by the sea at Bamborough.

As soon as he had gained possession of the kingdom of Bernicia, he sent to Iona for missionaries to instruct his people.

Paulinus converted thousands in Deira, but the men of Bernicia were unaffected by his pleadings.

The maidens of Bernicia wept when the loss of Agitha was known.

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