Re: CHAT : Origin of the name "Northumbria"

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.

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