Re: CHAT : Origin of the name "Northumbria"

Quoting Joe <joe@...>:

> Andreas Johansson wrote:
>
> >I ended up in a discussion of this on a gaming forum, arguing it's the kind
> of
> >name one'd expect to be given by othersiders rather than a self-assumed one;
> >for the Northumbrians themselves, living north of the Humber probably did
> not
> >seem like the most noteworthy thing about them.
> >
> >Is it known where the name originates?
> >
> >
>
> No, it does originate from that.  I think that Southumbria was found in
> some texts, actually.  It comes from 'Norþhymber', I believe, which has
> a pretty transparent origin.
Not from _what_, but from _where_; I'm not interested in the etymology, but
_where_ the name was coined, specifically whether in Northumbria itself or
somewhere south of the Humber.

                                                Andreas

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