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The Whole Works of King Alfred the Great: With Preliminary Essays ... - Page 72
by Alfred (King of England) - 1858
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Origins of English History

Charles Isaac Elton - 1882 - 512 pages
...poles of the well-armed hunters :' it is implied in Aneurin's the neighbouring folk of Somerset Wilts and Hampshire who had not for fear of the pagans fled beyond the sea." Asser, Life of Alfred, under the year 878. Selwood reached from Frome to Burham. 1 Girald. Cambr. Topog....
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Origins of English History

Charles Isaac Elton - 1882 - 506 pages
...poles of the well-armed hunters :2 it is implied in Aneurin's the neighbouring folk of Somerset Wilts and Hampshire who had not for fear of the pagans fled beyond the sea." Asser, Life of Alfred, under the year 878. Selwood reached from Frome to Burham. 1 Girald. Cambr. Topog....
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Origins of English History

Charles Isaac Elton - 1882 - 566 pages
...poles of the well-armed hunters :' it is implied in Aneurin's the neighbouring folk of Somerset Wilts and Hampshire who had not for fear of the pagans fled beyond the sea." Asser, Life of Alfred, under the year 878. Selwood reached from Frome to Burham. 1 Girald. Cambr. Topog....
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Six Old English Chronicles, of which Two are Now First Translated from the ...

John Allen Giles - 1891 - 564 pages
...called Selwood,f which means in Latin Silva Magna, the Great Wood, but in British Coit-mawr. Here~1ie was met by all the neighbouring folk of Somersetshire,...day dawned, the king struck his camp, and went to Okely,^ where he encamped for one night. The next morning he removed to Edington, and there fought...
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Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Volume 1

Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 556 pages
...in the old British language Coit-mawr. Here he was met by all the neighboring folk of Somersetshire, Wiltshire, and Hampshire, who had not for fear of...him, as he deserved, with joy and acclamations and all encamped there for the night." Soon afterward he made a treaty with the Danes, and became king...
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Source-book of English History: Leading Documents, Together with ...

Guy Carleton Lee - 1900 - 650 pages
...which is called Selwood, which means in Latin Silva Magna, the Great Wood, but in British Coit-mawr. Here he was met by all the neighbouring folk of Somersetshire,...day dawned, the king struck his camp, and went to Okely, where he encamped for one night. The next morning he removed to Edington, and there fought bravely...
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Source-book of English History: For the Use of Schools and Readers

Elizabeth Kimball Kendall - 1900 - 540 pages
...stone of Egbert, which is in the eastern part of the wood Now Brixton which is called Selwood. . . . Here he was met by all the neighbouring folk of Somersetshire,...day dawned, the king struck his camp, and went to Okely, where he encamped for one night. The Probably next morning he removed to Edington, and there...
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Leading Documents of English History: Together with Illustrative Material ...

Guy Carleton Lee - 1900 - 642 pages
...which is called Selwood, which means in Latin Silva Magna, the Great Wood, but in British Coit-mawr. Here he was met by all the neighbouring folk of Somersetshire,...day dawned, the king struck his camp, and went to Okely, where he encamped for one night. The next morning he removed to Edington, and there fought bravely...
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Source-book of English History: For the Use of Schools and Readers

Elizabeth Kimball Kendall - 1900 - 538 pages
...eastern part of the wood Now Brixton which is called Selwood. . . . Here he was met by all the ^a^" '" neighbouring folk of Somersetshire, and Wiltshire,...day dawned, the king struck his camp, and went to Okely, where he encamped for one night. The Probably next morning he removed to Edington, and there...
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A Short History of England: For School Use

Katharine Coman, E. K. Kendall - 1901 - 524 pages
...and Wiltshire and Hampshire, who had not for fear of the pagans fled beyond sea," gathered to him, " and when they saw the king alive after such great...received him as he deserved, with joy and acclamations." Once in command of an army, the king marched to encounter the Danes. He met them at Edington, Battle...
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