The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, According to the Several Original Authorities, Volume 2; Volume 23, Part 2Benjamin Thorpe Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 |
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... south - east of this land , on condition that they should fight against the Picts . They then fought against the Picts , and had victory whithersoever they came . They then sent to the Angles ; bade them send greater aid , bade them be ...
... south - east of this land , on condition that they should fight against the Picts . They then fought against the Picts , and had victory whithersoever they came . They then sent to the Angles ; bade them send greater aid , bade them be ...
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... Saxons came the East Saxons , and South Saxons , and West Saxons . From Angeln - which has ever since stood waste betwixt the Jutes and Saxons - came the East Anglians , the Middle An- glians , the Mercians , and all the Northumbrians ...
... Saxons came the East Saxons , and South Saxons , and West Saxons . From Angeln - which has ever since stood waste betwixt the Jutes and Saxons - came the East Anglians , the Middle An- glians , the Mercians , and all the Northumbrians ...
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... South Saxons . An . DC.VIII.—DC.X. An . DC.XI. In this year Cynegils succeeded to the kingdom of the West Saxons , and held it thirty - one winters . Cynegils was son of Ceol , Ceol of Cutha , Cutha of Cynric . An . DC.XII . , DC.XIII ...
... South Saxons . An . DC.VIII.—DC.X. An . DC.XI. In this year Cynegils succeeded to the kingdom of the West Saxons , and held it thirty - one winters . Cynegils was son of Ceol , Ceol of Cutha , Cutha of Cynric . An . DC.XII . , DC.XIII ...
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... South Saxons , because Wulfhere had received him at baptism . And Eoppa the mass - priest , by order of Wilfrith and king Wulf- here , first brought baptism to the people of Wight . who should undo anything that was there done . say all ...
... South Saxons , because Wulfhere had received him at baptism . And Eoppa the mass - priest , by order of Wilfrith and king Wulf- here , first brought baptism to the people of Wight . who should undo anything that was there done . say all ...
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... South Saxons . An . DCC.XXIII . , DCC.XXIV . An . DCC.XXV . In this year Wihtred , king of the Kentish people , died , on the Ixth of the Kal . of May ( April 23rd ) ; he reigned thirty - four winters ; his kin is above ; and Ead- * An ...
... South Saxons . An . DCC.XXIII . , DCC.XXIV . An . DCC.XXV . In this year Wihtred , king of the Kentish people , died , on the Ixth of the Kal . of May ( April 23rd ) ; he reigned thirty - four winters ; his kin is above ; and Ead- * An ...
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abbacy abbot Ælfred Æthelheard Æthelstân afterwards aldorman Angle race archbishop army Biörn body lies brother brought burgh buried burned Canterbury castle Ceawlin Cênred Ceolwulf Cerdic Christ commanded count of Anjou count Robert Cuthred Cynegils Cynewulf Cynric Danish drove Eadbald Eadmund Eadwine Ealdred earl Godwine earl Harold earl Swegen earldom East Angles Easter Ecgbryht Edited England Ethelred flight Flor fought Freawine gathered hallowed harried Harthacnut holy hostages Humber jarl Kent Kentish king Ælfred king Cnut king Eadward king gave king Henry king William king's kingdom land London lord mass-day Mercians monastery monks naval force night Normandy Northumbrians Offa Olaf ordained pall peace Peter Peterborough pope ravaged reigned Rochester Rome Sandwich Scotland Scots sent ships shire slain slaughter slew South Saxons Stigand succeeded Svein Thames thanes thence therein thereto thither took Tostig town Wales Welsh West Saxons Westminster Wigorn Winchester winters witan Wulfhere York
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Page 184 - So very narrowly he caused it to be " traced out, that there was not a single hide, nor one virgate of land, nor even, " it is shame to tell. though it seemed to him no shame to do, an ox, nor a cow, " nor a swine was left, that was not set down.
Page 72 - West-Saxons, chiefly on the south coast, by predatory bands ; most of all by their ' aescs,' which they had built many years before. Then king Alfred commanded long ships to be built to oppose the aescs; they were full-nigh twice as long as the others ; some had sixty oars, and some had more : they were both swifter and steadier, and also higher than the others. They were shapen neither like the Frisian nor the Danish, but so as it seemed to him that they would be most efficient.