Stræcledwealas

Old English

Proper noun

Stræcledwēalas m pl

  1. the Britons of Strathclyde; the Cumbrians
    • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (A)
      Healfdene for mid sumum þam here on Norþhymbre ⁊ nam wintersetl be Tinan þære ea, ⁊ se here þæt lond geeode ⁊ oft hergade on Peohtas ⁊ on Stræcledwalas.
      Healfdene went with some of that army among the Northumbrians and took winter quarters by the River Tyne there, and the army conquered that land and often harried among the Picts and the Strathclyde Britons.
    • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (A)
      ⁊ hine geces þa to fæder ⁊ to hlaforde Scotta cyning ⁊ eall Scotta þeod [...] ⁊ eac Stræcledweala cyning ⁊ ealle Stræcledwealas.
      And he was chosen then as father and lord by the King of Scots and all the Scottish nation [...] as well as the King of Strathclyde and all the Strathclyde Britons.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative — Stræcledwēalas
accusative — Stræcledwēalas
genitive — Stræcledwēala
dative — Stræcledwēalum
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