Note 489 — Chapter V · THE DANISH CONQUEST OF ENGLAND.[464] 975–1016.
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Chron. and Fl. Wig. in anno. “Goda se Defenisca þegen” was killed, according to the Chronicles. Florence calls him “satrapa Domnaniæ.” Satrapa seems to be sometimes used as a formal title inferior to Ealdorman. See Cod. Dipl. iii. 356, where Leofsige is raised from the rank of satrapa to that of dux.