1. Northumbria - Noun
2. Northumbria - Proper noun
an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in northern England until 876
Source: WordNetAfter four years, the Scandinavians therefore split up, some to settle in Northumbria and East Anglia, the remainder to try their luck again on the Continent. Source: Internet
According to the account in Bede 's Historia ecclesiastica, he lived at the abbey of Whitby in Northumbria in the 7th century. Source: Internet
After a number of successful operations elsewhere, he came to Northumbria and appears at some point to have set himself up as king. Source: Internet
After her husband's death, Edith fled for refuge to her brothers, Edwin, Earl of Mercia and Morcar of Northumbria, but both men made their peace with King William initially before rebelling and losing their lands and lives. Source: Internet
An English invasion in 1054, with Siward, Earl of Northumbria in command, had as its goal the installation of one "Máel Coluim, son of the King of the Cumbrians". Source: Internet
Alex Woolf describes it as a " pyrrhic victory " for Æthelstan: the campaign seems to have ended in a stalemate, his power appears to have declined, and after he died Olaf acceded to the kingdom of Northumbria without resistance. Source: Internet