Note 436 — LECTURE III LIFE OF ALFRED PRIOR TO HIS ACCESSION TO THE THRONE
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It is curious that though Alfred speaks of Æthelbald, Æthelred and himself as three brethren, he only calls Æthelberht ‘our kinsman,’ ‘uncer mæg.’ The same use occurs in Bede, p. 188, where Oswy is called Oswald’s ‘mæg.’