Sercingas

Pronunciation: /ˈser.kin.ɡɑs/

“Sercingas” is an Old English word. Its meaning in English:

proper noun

Disputed, but traditionally interpreted as Saracens.

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”).

More Old English words

seoslig
seoþan
sepan
September
serfis
Seringas
sess
sester

About this dictionary

The Old English dictionary on Glottosphere has 14,044 entries with a page. Browse the Old English dictionary.

Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.