NORTHUMBRIAN

I. adjective Date: 1602 of, relating to, or characteristic of ancient Northumbria, its people, or its language, of, relating to, or characteristic of Northumberland, its people, or its language, II. noun Date: 1611 a native or inhabitant of ancient Northumbria, a native or inhabitant of Northumberland, 3. the Old English dialect of Northumbria, the Modern English dialect of Northumberland