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Byrhtnoth

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Byrhtnoth (bĭrkht`nōth) or Bryhtnoth (brīkht`nōth), d. 991, alderman of the East Saxons. Leader of the English forces in the battle of Maldon Maldon , town (1991 pop. 14,754) and district, Essex, E England, on the Blackwater estuary. Maldon is a market town with iron foundries and other small industries.
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, he was killed in the battle and was buried at Ely.


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They point to one Aethelflaed, widow of Byrhtnoth, Earl of Essex who died in the Battle of Malden in 991.
They point to one Aethelflaed, widow of Byrhtnoth, Earl of Essex who died in the Battle of Malden in 991.
[section]1) The sense corresponding to 'very' is also evident in the quotation from Byrhtnoth, a text written before the year 1000: (9) He ful baldlice beornas larde.
 
 
 
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