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View synonyms for Anglian

Anglian

[ ang-glee-uhn ]

adjective

  1. Also of or relating to the Angles or to East Anglia.


noun

  1. an Angle.
  2. the northern and central group of Old English dialects, spoken in Northumbria and Mercia.

ˈAnglian

/ ˈæŋɡlɪən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the Angles or to the Anglian dialects of Old English
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Anglian1

First recorded in 1720–30; Angli(a) + -an
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Example Sentences

In some cases our East Anglian dialect is merely a survival of old English, as when we say ‘axe’ for ‘ask.’

An M.P., who shall be nameless, supplies me with an apt illustration of East Anglian dialect.

As a town, it is more prettily situated than are most East Anglian villages and towns.

In all the East Anglian meeting-houses fifty years ago such men abounded.

There is nothing peculiar, then, in the fact that Beowulf celebrates heroes who were not of Anglian birth.

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