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Sentence Examples The Northumbrian water supply failed during Christmas 1995 when the main pipes froze. Dene is a word from Northumbrian English used in Northumberland and Durham to refer to a steep-sided wooded valley through which a burn runs. In the museum gardens are several reconstructions including a Roman temple, shop, house, and Northumbrian croft, all with audio presentations. Northumbrian expansion westwards led Mercia to make common cause with the Welsh. Northumbrian English is somewhat famous for the Northumbrian burr, a rhotic realized as a uvular fricative. He had eaten celeriac and Northumbrian smoked cheese followed by a fillet of Cowell Peninsula salmon. The sweet sound of the Northumbrian pipes greeted us as we climbed the stairs. Direct trade in grain to foreign ports was never very significant for Northumbrian farmers. Sir William Armstrong, the north-eastern armaments king, built himself an extraordinary country retreat at Cragside in the Northumbrian hills. The maypole was followed by some traditional Northumbrian clog dancing taught to the children by a teacher of ours from Newcastle. Whatever the right of it, few of the fighting Northumbrian thegns marched away to face William in the south. Despite his disappointment, the amiable Northumbrian is not bitter about the end of his Burnley career. Clear parallels can be drawn between the soke and the Northumbrian shire, yet they were not made because, according to Stenton, the soke was Danish. Examples of bellows-blown bagpipes include the Northumbrian small-pipes, the Scottish Lowland or Border bagpipe, the Irish uillean bagpipe, the musette, and the dudy. Perhaps the book would have gained slightly from showing a keener devotion to the background Northumbrian tensions between Saxon and Cymric parties. The sweet sound of the Northumbrian pipes, playing folk tunes which would have been familiar to eighteenth-century audiences, greeted us as we climbed the stairs. His latest offerings of dubby Northumbrian ballads indicates that while he may never have been a contender in the pop stakes, Wobble has always had class. On a smaller scale, what Charlemagne aspired to achieve for the Frankish realm, perhaps the Northumbrian kings wished to achieve in the remote north. After the supporters of the Celtic dating had withdrawn following the Council of Whitby, Wilfrid became the most prominent Northumbrian cleric. The grants of land to Wilfrid west of the Pennines testify to Northumbrian expansion in that area. Show More Sentences Kirby believes that Ecgfrith felt Wilfrid was promoting Oswald's branch of the Northumbrian royal family over his own. Supporters include the Bishop of Durham, Viz creator Simon Donald, and the Northumbrian Association. Performers such Louis Killen, The High Level Ranters and Bob Davenport brought Northumbrian folk to national and international audiences. The later Mormaers are thought to have originated in Pictish times, and to have been copied from, or inspired by, Northumbrian usages. The Northumbrian hegemony over Northern Britain, won by Ecgfrith's predecessors, had begun to disintegrate. The Northumbrian diocese was divided and a number of new episcopal sees created. The growing power of the Mercian kingdom to the south added to the problems faced by Northumbrian kings. This apparent connection with the Northumbrian church may have left a written record. The first alludes to the story as recorded by Boece who relates that in 855 Scotland was invaded by two Northumbrian princes, Osbrecht and Ella. The northern forms of Middle English descended from Northumbrian Old English. With new vigour he returned to his Northumbrian foes, devastated their armies and slaughtered a series of their kings. In 1069 William faced more troubles from Northumbrian rebels, an invading Danish fleet, and rebellions in the south and west of England. The script forms strong links between the Lichfield manuscript and Northumbrian, Iona, and Irish manuscripts. In 1462, during the Wars of the Roses, Margaret of Anjou made an abortive attempt to seize the Northumbrian castles. He was never popular with the Northumbrian ruling class, a mix of Danish invaders and Anglo Saxon survivors of the last Norse invasion. Note that, in fact, the lack of palatalization in Northumbrian was probably due to heavy Scandinavian influence. During the Viking invasions of the 9th century, Northumbrian came under the influence of the languages of the Viking invaders. It was from time to time effectively part of Deira, of the Northumbrian kingdom, and particularly later, of Mercia. Northumbrian was a dialect of Old English spoken in the Anglian Kingdom of Northumbria. Modern English developed mainly from Mercian, but the Scots language developed from Northumbrian. Show More Sentences The language at this time would have been the Northumbrian dialect of Old English. The coal was often called sea coal because it was washed up from undersea outcrops on the Northumbrian coast. The four main dialectal forms of Old English were Mercian, Northumbrian, Kentish, and West Saxon. Higham argues that Bede designed his work to promote his reform agenda to Ceolwulf, the Northumbrian king. Bede attributes this defeat to God's vengeance for the Northumbrian attack on the Irish in the previous year. The Northumbrian region continued a history of revolt and rebellion against the government, as seen in the Rising of the North in Tudor times. After the Restoration, many inhabitants of the Northumbrian region supported the Jacobite cause. In return, the Scots fleet raided the Northumbrian coast where Gospatric's possessions were concentrated. The following year the Northumbrian Danes attacked Mercia, but suffered a decisive defeat at the Battle of Tettenhall. The Historia Regum suggests that the threat of an independent Northumbrian king had come to an end in 952, when earls finally took over the helm. John Dunn, inventor of keyed Northumbrian smallpipes, the most characteristic musical instrument in the region, lived and worked in the city. This area corresponds roughly to the sprachraum of the Old English Northumbrian dialect. The Northumbrian was detached from the Duke's train and rushed him to Eccles, where he died in the vicarage. He died at his home on 16 March 1963, aged 84, and was buried in Thockrington churchyard, on the Northumbrian moors. Shortly afterwards, Cuthbert removed to Inner Farne island off the Northumbrian coast, where he gave himself up to a life of great austerity. Theodore and Wilfrid settled their differences, and Theodore urged the new Northumbrian king, Aldfrith, to allow Wilfrid's return. Northumbrian slowed periodically to allow the seven trains on the northern track to parade past it, but generally ran ahead of the other trains. The crowds lining the route, unaware of what had happened, cheered and waved as Northumbrian rushed past. The story begins with a reference to the ancient Northumbrian legend of Linn Rorting, a girl who discovers a sacred stone gateway to the gods. As queues built up, Northumbrian Water responded to frustration by shipping in more water bowsers and set up two bottled water stations. Show More Sentences Finding English muffins in England was pretty hard, too, and thankfully Jo didn't seem to mind that the Canadian bacon was Northumbrian. What I love the most is traditional inshore fishing with a traditional Northumbrian coble. And Northumbrian Water reservoirs were deserted, some of them unaccessible, while at others anglers decided it was too cold to fish. Benwell Pumping station, in Newcastle, which pumps 40 million litres each day to a reservoir, will be upgraded by Northumbrian Water. Anyway, battle put the princes' lives at risk, as is demonstrated by the Northumbrian and Mercian overlordships brought to an end by a defeat in the field. In the Middle Ages, much of Northern folk was accompanied by bagpipes, with styles including the Lancashire bagpipe, Yorkshire bagpipe and Northumbrian smallpipes. The Northumbrian and Danish aristocracy resisted the Norman Conquest, and in order to put an end to the rebellion, William ordered the Harrying of the North. Mercian constituted the middle section of the country, divided from the southern dialects by the Thames and from Northumbrian by the Humber and Mersey rivers. A major source for West Saxon events is the Ecclesiastical History of the English People, written about 731 by Bede, a Northumbrian monk and chronicler. In the early 660s, he expelled Ionan monks from the monastery of Ripon and gave it to Wilfrid, a Northumbrian churchman who had recently returned from Rome. Bede was a Northumbrian, and this tinged his work with a local bias. The Picts under leadership of Bridei, feigned retreat and drew Ecgfrith's Northumbrian force into an ambush on Saturday 20 May 685 at a lake in mountains near Duin Nechtain. By 679, the Northumbrian hegemony was beginning to fall apart. Soon after, the Picts rose in rebellion against Northumbrian subjugation at the Battle of Two Rivers, recorded in the 8th century by Stephen of Ripon, hagiographer of Wilfrid. Joseph Crawhall was a Northumbrian, John Lavery came from Belfast, Stuart Park was born in Kidderminster and Edward Hornel in Bacchus Marsh, Australia. Northumbrian music is characterised by considerable influence from other regions, particularly southern Scotland, other parts of the north of England and Ireland. The oldest known version of the poem is the Northumbrian aelda recension. The young Alcuin came to the cathedral church of York during the golden age of Archbishop Ecgbert and his brother, the Northumbrian King Eadberht. His opponents in Northumbria excommunicated him, but the papacy upheld Wilfrid's side, and he regained possession of Ripon and Hexham, his Northumbrian monasteries. The Duke's carriages had their brakes released and were allowed to roll down the incline under the force of gravity to be coupled to the waiting Northumbrian. Show More Sentences When Wilfrid quarrelled with Ecgfrith, the Northumbrian king, Theodore took the opportunity to implement his reforms despite Wilfrid's objections. The remaining three carriages of the Duke's train were detached and the band's carriage, hauled by Northumbrian, set off for Manchester with Stephenson driving. Mercian and Northumbrian are together referred to as Anglian. These include the rapper sword dance, the Clog dance and the Northumbrian smallpipe, a sweet chamber instrument, quite unlike the Scottish bagpipe. The area to the southwest of the river is more influenced by Mercian dialect whilst that to the northeast is more influenced by Northumbrian dialect. The best preserved early Northumbrian church is Escomb Church. The Northumbrian dialect, which was spoken as far north as Edinburgh, survives as the Scots language spoken in Scotland and parts of Northern Ireland. Examples from Classical Literature But tostig was in front, with his own Northumbrian lion banner, and his chosen men. The chief literary dialect, in the earliest period, was Northumbrian or Anglian, down to the middle of the ninth century. The other 'inside' was the widow of a former curate of a Northumbrian village. Cross, a great brawny Northumbrian, was playing a game of chess with Furley. For aught he knew, the young Northumbrian might have been as sensible a man as himself. But Colin Ross is quick to distance the Northumbrian pipes from their more famous Scottish cousin. The absence of this umlaut points to Northumbrian or W. Saxon. He spoke in a broad Northumbrian accent, and in a harsh guttural tone. The Hotspurs is an annual ceremony acknow-ledging outstanding contributions to Northumbrian life and culture. Northumbrian Water said the water main took a little while to fill back up, but was soon back on. Bede was a Northumbrian priest in the time of the heptarchy. In 2012 he left behind life as a social worker and a year later launched Northumbrian Smokehouse. Many tunes common throughout the Northumbrian, Scottish, and Irish traditions were composed by him, or are attributed to him. The offending Northumbrian now felt the wrath of the sons of Lodbrog. Those were stirring days in the old Northumbrian city by the sea. The pounds 25m scheme by Northumbrian Water will involve cleaning the inside of 156km of trunk water mains between Warkworth in Northumberland and the north of Newcastle. Mr Sadler, from the School of Lifelong Learning, will focus on the Border Reivers, the Northumbrian Jacobites and the county's contribution to the 1914-18 Great War. The band plays on a variety of instruments including Northumbrian pipes, bouzouki, melodeon, mandola, dulcimer, mandolin, guitars, banjo, bodhran, autoharp and whistles. Find more words! 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