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Old English · proper noun

Sercingas

Part of speech
proper noun, masculine
IPA
/ˈser.kin.ɡɑs/
[ˈserˠ.kiŋ.ɡɑs]
Syllables
ˈser · kin · ɡɑs (3 syllables)

Meaning

  1. Disputed, but traditionally interpreted as Saracens.

    mid Crēacum iċ wæs ond mid Finnum ond mid Cāsere sē þe wīnburga ġeweald āhte...

    I was with the Greeks and I was with the Finns and with Caesar, he who had power over feasting-towns...

    Mid Sercingum iċ wæs ond mid Seringum;

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Latin Serica (“an empire in East Asia”) or the Siracī tribe mentioned by Tacitus. Compare Old Norse Serkland (“Arabia, the Middle East”).

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