最初的莫西亚人被认为是从特伦特河上游迁徙而来的盎格鲁人，他们在窖藏附近的河谷地区建立了他们自己的村落。
The first Mercians are thought to have been Angles who moved inland along the River Trent, establishing themselves in the valley in the vicinity of the hoard.
莫西亚人是边界上极具攻击性的掠夺者——莫西亚名字的由来是古英语中的mierce，意思是“拓荒者”——这很能够证明此次出土窖藏的地域属性。
The Mercians were aggressive border raiders-mercia takes its name from the Old English mierce, meaning "frontier people" -which may account for the apparent range of regional styles in the hoard.
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