Sercingas

== Old English == === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈser.kin.ɡɑs/, [ˈserˠ.kiŋ.ɡɑs] === Proper noun === Sercingas m (hapax legomenon) Disputed, but traditionally interpreted as Saracens. Widsith: ==== Usage notes ==== Only attested in the dative plural Sercingum. Possibly identical in meaning to Seringas. === References === Hill, Joyce (1985), “"Widsið" and the Tenth Century”, in Neuphilologische Mitteilungen‎[1], volume 85, number 3, pages 305-315