Brunanburh and Maldon, produced the only important extant pieces of. From Wordnik.com. [A History of English Literature] Reference
Brunanburh, fought in 937 by Athelstane against the Scots and Danes. From Wordnik.com. [Our Catholic Heritage in English Literature of Pre-Conquest Days] Reference
The song on the battle of Brunanburh, won by the Anglo-Saxons over the. From Wordnik.com. [A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance] Reference
It has been suggested that Burnley may coincide with Brunanburh, the battlefield on which the Saxons conquered the. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
The dry annals of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle are occasionally lighted up with a gleam of true eloquence, as in the description of the battle of Brunanburh, which breaks forth into a pean of victory. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10)] Reference
Tennyson imitates it in his "Battle of Brunanburh". From Wordnik.com. [A Study of Poetry] Reference
Tennyson (Hallam, now Lord), his Song of Brunanburh, ii. From Wordnik.com. [Letters of Edward FitzGerald in Two Volumes Vol. II] Reference
Brunanburh, in Northumberland, and Constantine was made prisoner. From Wordnik.com. [Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook] Reference
Shortly after this, at the Battle of Brunanburh, Athelstan vanquished. From Wordnik.com. [Northumberland Yesterday and To-day] Reference
He was succeeded by his young brother, Eadmund, who had fought bravely at Brunanburh. From Wordnik.com. [A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII] Reference
Amongst them stand the lines on the fight of Brunanburh, whose exordium is quoted above. From Wordnik.com. [Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain] Reference
In = 937 = he defeated them all in a great battle at Brunanburh, of which the site is unknown. From Wordnik.com. [A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII] Reference
Its tone is wholly different from that of the Brunanburh ballad or the other fierce war-songs. From Wordnik.com. [Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain] Reference
Brunanburh ballad, and takes its name from its hero, a servant or companion of the mighty Hygelac, king of the Geatas (Jutes or Goths). From Wordnik.com. [Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain] Reference
Brunanburh, the song of which is one of the noblest records of our own early literature; and before Planudes made the last additions the. From Wordnik.com. [Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology] Reference
"The Husband's Message," which is the oldest love song in our literature; and a few ballads and battle songs, such as "The Battle of Brunanburh". From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived] Reference
The following lines, translated from the ballad on Æthelstan's victory at Brunanburh, in 937, will show the developed form of the same versificatory system. From Wordnik.com. [Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain] Reference
Indeed, the time when a Norse contingent was not present with the English forces, from this period till at least that of the battle of Brunanburh in 947 A.D. From Wordnik.com. [King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet] Reference
In 937 he accompanied Athelstan to the battle of Brunanburh, where the incident occurred of his miraculous restoration, at a critical moment, of the king's lost sword. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip] Reference
After the destruction of the monastery by the Danes, a chapter of secular canons was founded By King Athelstan in gratitude for his victory at Brunanburh (937), as he had visited the shrine on his march north. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne] Reference
Battle of Brunanburh "and" The Battle of Maldon. ". From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived] Reference
As I was telling the children, there we were at Brunanburh, a thin hairy line -- ". From Wordnik.com. [Operation Luna]
A few obits, three or four poems, among them the famous ballad on the battle of Brunanburh, make up the meagre tale of their common materials, which each has tried to supplement in its own way. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1] Reference
Brunanburh. From Wordnik.com. [A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance] Reference
By Brunanburh. From Wordnik.com. [Elene; Judith; Athelstan, or the Fight at Brunanburh; Byrhtnoth, or the Fight at Maldon; and the Dream of the Rood Anglo-Saxon Poems] Reference
Brunanburh, 80. From Wordnik.com. [The Relation of the Hrolfs Saga Kraka and the Bjarkarimur to Beowulf A Contribution To The History Of Saga Development In England And The Scandinavian Countries] Reference
Brunanburh, battle of, i. From Wordnik.com. [History of the English People, Index] Reference
Brunanburh, battle of, 145 ballad on, 204, 218. From Wordnik.com. [Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain] Reference
"The Wanderer," "The Sea-farer," or the battle-songs of Brunanburh and. From Wordnik.com. [A Study of Poetry] Reference
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