Note 1085 — Chapter VI · THE DANISH KINGS IN ENGLAND.[818] 1017–1042. (continued 2)
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“Ne wearð dreorlicre dǽd
Gedon on þison earde;
Syþþan Dene comon,
And her frið namon.”
The Chronicler’s way of reckoning is changed since the days of Brunanburh, when the fight was the greatest ever fought
“Siþþan eastan hider
Engle and Seaxe
Up becoman
Ofer bradbrimu,” &c.