Note 498 — Chapter VI · THE WITENA GEMÓT.
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“Ðonne beád mon ealle witan tó cynge, and man sceólde ðonne rǽdan, hú man ðisne eard werian sceólde.” Chron. an. 1010. Beódan is to proclaim.
See also Chron. Sax. 1048. Hist. Eliens. 1, 10, etc.