The History of the Anglo-Saxons, Comprising the History of England from the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest, Volume 3Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823 |
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Common terms and phrases
abbots afterwards Alcuin Aldhelm Alfred alluded ancestors ancient Aneurin Anglo Anglo-Saxon appear archbishop Athelstan bards battle Bede Beowulf bishops BOOK Bordarii Britons burgesses burghs Cædmon called CHAP charter Chief proprietors Christianity Chron church clergy cniht Cott Cotton Library council custom cyning dignity Domesday-book duces Dugd ealdorman earls earth Eddius England eorl express Gale gemot gerefa gild gold Grendel heaven hexameter honour Hrothgar Ibid illustrious Ingulf king king of Kent king's kingdom land Latin laws Llywarch Llywarch Hen Lord Malmsbury ment mentioned Mercia Merdhin milites mind monastery monks nation night noble passage periphrasis persons poems poet poetry pounds reign rhime Roman Saxon says Servi shillings Silvæ Sochmanni song specimen sword Taliesin thee thegn things thou tion twelfth century Urien verse VIII Villani warriors Welsh wife Wilk witan witena-gemot words
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Page 194 - ... we will cause to be summoned the Archbishops, Bishops, Abbots, Earls, and great Barons, individually by our letters. And besides, we will cause to be summoned in general by our Sheriffs and Bailiffs, all those who hold of us in chief...
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