e/Mercian (Old English)

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has gloss	eng: Mercian was a language spoken in the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia (roughly speaking the Midlands of England an area in which four kingdoms had been united under one monarchy). Together with Northumbrian, it was one of the two Anglian dialects. The other two dialects of Old English were Kentish and West Saxon. Each of those dialects was associated with an independent kingdom on the island. Of these, all of Northumbria and most of Mercia were overrun by the Vikings during the 9th century. Part of Mercia and all of Kent were successfully defended but were then integrated into Wessex. Because of the centralisation of power and the Viking invasions, there is little or no written evidence for the development of non-Wessex dialects after Alfred's unification.
lexicalization	eng: Mercian
instance of	(noun) the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy" idiom, dialect, accent

Meaning
German
has gloss	deu: Mercian oder Merzisch (auch Südhumbrisch), war ein angelsächsischer (altenglischer) Dialekt, der im Königreich Mercia gesprochen wurde. Seine Verbreitung reichte im Osten bis zur Grenze Ostangliens, im Westen bis nach Wales, im Norden bis Staffordshire, während die Sprachgrenze im Süden bei Oxfordshire und Gloucestershire lag.
lexicalization	deu: Merzisch
Norwegian
has gloss	nor: Mercisk er språket som ble talt i det anglosaksiske kongedømmet Mercia i middelalderen. Mercisk og nordhumbrisk var to ulike dialekter av anglisk, som var en av tre varianter av gammelengelsk.
lexicalization	nor: Mercisk