Note 1221 — Chapter IX · THE REIGN OF EADWARD FROM THE RETURN OF GODWINE TO THE DEATH OF EADWARD THE ÆTHELING.[921] 1052–1057. (continued 2)
Reading edition
Chronn. Wig. and Petrib. 1059. The former breaks out into song, and gives us good authority for the surname of Ironside;
“Se wæs Eadwerdes
Broðor sunu kynges
Eadmund cing·
Irensíd wæs geclypod
For his snellscipe.”
Florence says, “Ut ei mandârat suus patruus Rex Eadwardus, de Ungariâ ... Angliam venit. Decreverat enim Rex illum post se regni hæredem constituere.”