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Eric Lease Morgan Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 17 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 42926 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 78 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 Saxon 13 Harold 12 Norman 12 King 12 England 11 Edward 10 Earl 9 William 7 Edith 6 Godwin 5 Duke 4 Hilda 4 Graville 3 roman 3 London 3 Haco 3 God 3 Danes 2 english 2 danish 2 West 2 Tostig 2 St. 2 Rome 2 Normandy 2 Lord 2 Gurth 2 Gryffyth 2 English 2 Christ 2 CHAPTER 2 Britain 2 Anglo 2 Anglia 2 A.D. 1 year 1 time 1 thy 1 story 1 section 1 scandinavian 1 note 1 king 1 important 1 good 1 free 1 day 1 come 1 christian 1 british Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 2280 king 2077 man 1622 year 1200 day 1053 time 1038 son 930 land 852 hand 698 name 643 brother 600 death 547 eye 529 ship 516 life 512 head 507 army 504 sea 487 father 486 word 485 heart 473 battle 455 side 434 way 423 place 422 sword 414 story 414 arm 407 night 390 p. 381 people 378 force 358 country 352 foot 345 form 333 war 333 kingdom 332 monk 329 face 326 court 325 part 320 thing 318 child 301 horse 299 house 295 body 291 chief 285 throne 281 power 276 wife 270 blood Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 12480 _ 1381 Harold 1280 Saxon 1190 King 984 Beowulf 946 England 798 Norman 772 thou 749 William 714 Earl 626 A.D. 557 Edward 497 et 460 Saxons 438 Godwin 404 Danes 372 God 366 Alfred 326 St. 318 Bishop 317 London 315 Edith 291 Sir 289 English 275 hann 257 Duke 240 lord 224 earl 223 de 220 Finn 218 Normandy 201 Rome 200 Archbishop 200 Anglia 199 II 199 Hilda 195 Anglo 193 Tostig 187 Normans 185 Kent 178 MS 177 Mercia 173 Grettir 167 Haco 166 Offa 158 York 157 í 154 East 151 West 150 Britain Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?" ------------------------------------------------------------- 7008 he 4720 it 3736 they 2956 him 2908 i 1985 we 1593 them 907 she 815 me 750 you 698 himself 525 us 408 her 366 thee 253 themselves 147 itself 75 herself 65 myself 51 one 41 thyself 38 mine 20 ourselves 17 ye 14 yourself 10 his 8 yours 8 theirs 6 thy 5 í 4 thou 4 ay 3 á 2 on''t 2 hers 1 þá 1 yourselves 1 whispered,-- 1 sik 1 s[=e]lest 1 rätt 1 pp 1 ours 1 my 1 me.--there 1 ip_su_m 1 inn 1 imperil 1 i_n_e_ss_e 1 hush!--this 1 hon Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?" --------------------------------------------- 21593 be 8285 have 1659 say 1650 come 1495 do 1298 see 1183 go 1059 make 940 give 924 take 774 know 749 find 681 seem 630 die 602 leave 505 stand 500 fall 493 hold 487 call 439 look 436 become 435 slay 422 send 400 tell 395 hear 394 think 394 pass 387 follow 378 bear 360 lie 354 appear 350 turn 350 fight 344 bring 334 rise 333 speak 318 draw 316 show 283 break 282 receive 275 return 267 succeed 267 lead 261 place 259 put 257 meet 251 live 250 ride 246 let 241 enter Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3743 not 1944 so 1811 then 1273 more 1201 now 1010 great 932 up 810 other 810 long 796 own 778 same 774 first 768 many 743 old 736 only 708 very 703 such 700 well 681 also 670 there 631 out 631 even 627 much 590 still 590 good 579 again 572 most 539 as 505 ever 461 last 449 never 449 down 428 yet 428 little 414 thus 398 here 389 high 387 far 364 early 350 few 349 once 340 soon 317 young 311 back 308 however 301 too 295 ancient 293 already 290 strong 290 danish Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 149 least 148 good 120 most 64 great 39 early 37 high 27 old 23 bad 22 near 21 young 21 noble 19 eld 17 strong 17 low 17 brave 15 pure 13 large 12 rich 12 mean 12 fine 11 deep 11 Most 10 proud 10 fair 9 wise 9 late 8 slight 8 farth 7 wild 7 heavy 7 dear 7 bold 6 remote 6 happy 6 clear 5 weak 5 sweet 5 small 5 rude 5 prow 5 nigh 5 lovely 5 long 5 full 5 fierce 5 dark 5 bitter 4 simple 4 say 4 mighty Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 452 most 35 well 22 least 4 speakest 4 sayest 1 worst 1 surest 1 long 1 hengest 1 hearest 1 hard Top 50 Internet domains; "What Webbed places are alluded to in this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 www.gutenberg.org 2 archive.org Top 50 URLs; "What is hyperlinked from this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------- 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/45366/45366-h/45366-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/45366/45366-h.zip 1 http://archive.org/details/historyofanglos00mill 1 http://archive.org Top 50 email addresses; "Who are you gonna call?" ------------------------------------------------- Top 50 positive assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-noun?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33 _ see _ 19 _ is _ 17 year died king 16 _ was _ 13 year died archbishop 12 year died bishop 9 _ are _ 9 _ is not 9 year came king 8 _ does not 8 year went king 7 _ did _ 7 _ do _ 7 _ has _ 6 _ see also 6 _ were _ 6 year died pope 5 _ does _ 5 year was king 5 year went bishop 4 harold was now 4 year died st. 4 year went earl 3 _ is very 3 _ was first 3 edward sent thither 3 edward was not 3 england is not 3 harold was not 3 king had so 3 king sent bishop 3 name does not 3 year came anlaf 3 year died alderman 3 year died earl 3 year died godwin 3 year was so 2 _ are not 2 _ becoming _ 2 _ is scandinavian 2 _ takes place 2 _ was still 2 day went on 2 death took place 2 earl came back 2 edward had never 2 edward is dead 2 england was not 2 england was then 2 harold had already Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 harold made no answer 1 _ are not necessarily 1 _ are not so 1 _ does not _ 1 _ is no purely 1 _ is not _ 1 _ is not altogether 1 _ is not etymologically 1 _ is not necessarily 1 _ is not so 1 army came not all 1 beowulf has no part 1 brothers had no other 1 day was not yet 1 death coming no man 1 edward was not long 1 edward was not more 1 england is not edward 1 england was no longer 1 england was not yet 1 harold made no reply 1 harold was not lawfully 1 harold was not long 1 harold was not suspicious;--no 1 king had no choice 1 king is not likely 1 king made no answer 1 king made no rejoinder 1 man had not as 1 man has no use 1 man is not here 1 men are not proofs 1 men call not fate 1 men had no more 1 name does not even 1 names is not conclusive 1 norman was not gluttonous 1 saxon had no alternative 1 ships are no doubt 1 william does not yet 1 william had no objection 1 william took no step 1 william was not slow A rudimentary bibliography -------------------------- id = 34117 author = Chambers, R. W. (Raymond Wilson) title = Beowulf: An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn date = keywords = A.D.; Anglia; Anglo; Archiv; Bede; Beiblatt; Beowulf; Bjarki; Book; Bothvar; Bugge; Chadwick; Chronicle; Danes; Denmark; Die; England; English; Episode; Ethelwerd; Finn; Finnsburg; Fragment; Frisians; Frotho; Geatas; Germanic; Glam; Grendel; Grettir; Guthlaf; Götar; Hengest; Heorot; Heremod; Hnæf; Hott; Hrothgar; Hrothulf; Hygelac; III; J.E.G.Ph; Jutes; Kemble; King; Klaeber; Kraki; Lawrence; Leire; M.L.N.; MSS; Malmesbury; Müllenhoff; North; O.E.; Offa; Old; Olrik; P.B.B.; Prof.; Pub; Rolf; Saga; Saxon; Sceaf; Scyld; Stjerna; Thorhall; Uffo; VIII; Vendel; West; Widsith; William; Woden; XII; christian; danish; important; scandinavian; section; story summary = Beowulf from the land of the Geatas; Bjarki is the brother of the king Of the Danish kings mentioned in _Beowulf_, we have first Scyld Scefing, Now, as _Beowulf_ is the one long Old English poem which happens to have When we come to the story of Beowulf''s struggle with Grendel, with _Beowulf_ and _Grettir_ we must form an idea of what the original story the influence of the English _Beowulf_-story upon the _Saga_. _Beowulf-Grettir_ story on the other: yet it is very difficult to know what _Beowulf-Grettir_ story and the folk-tale. The parallel between the _Beowulf_-story and the "Bear''s son" folk-tale that the dragon story was originally told of that Beowulf who corresponds Beowulf the Dane in Old English, is a theory, based upon his common This story resembles the dragon fight in _Beowulf_, in that the hero dragon-struggle), were originally told of Beowulf the Dane, son of Scyld, id = 1949 author = Gildas title = On the Ruin of Britain date = keywords = Britain; Christ; God; Lord; roman; time summary = death; that God''s people, for breaking the law of God, save two in my heart, and I thought to myself, "If God''s peculiar people, chosen from all the people of the world, the royal seed, and holy Wherefore in zeal for the house of God and for his holy law, evils which Britain suffered in the times of the Roman emperors, the sea to fight bravely for the country; by land there was no so that it was no longer thought to be Britain, but a Roman island; protectors, they now built a wall across the island from one sea wickedness of our countrymen; the enemy left our people, but the at present destroys every thing good in the island; the love of prophet, "And God hath called his people to lamentation, to baldness, were carried, at that time, into the high heaven by the holy id = 45341 author = Herbert, Henry William title = Wager of Battle: A Tale of Saxon Slavery in Sherwood Forest date = keywords = Aradas; CHAPTER; Eadwulf; Edith; England; Foulke; God; Guendolen; Kendal; Kenric; Kentmere; Lady; Lancaster; Lord; Morville; Norman; Philip; Red; Saxon; Sherwood; Sir; St.; Taillebois; Waltheofstow; Westmoreland; Yvo; come; day; english; free; good summary = "Small chance, Sir Philip," replied the man, slowly; "all thanks to man, over whose face there had fallen a dark, gray, death-like shadow, I am a man, I say, Sir Yvo de Taillebois; there sits old Bertha, In fact, in the twelfth century, the Saxon serf-born man had little In the midst rode Sir Yvo de Taillebois, all armed save his head, the pellucid waters of the beautiful lake to Sir Yvo''s noble castle, That was a dark day for Eadwulf, on which the train of Sir Yvo de forest side, Sir Foulke d''Oilly--a man well-advanced in years, most of Sir Foulke d''Oilly is in Kendal, and our good lord will know it fair sir, nor any man''s serf at all, or villeyn, but a free Kenric from the arrest of Sir Foulke d''Oilly, and the day appointed God''s good time; ''Kenric the Dark,'' my second born, and ''Eadwulf the id = 7672 author = Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron title = Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 01 date = keywords = Duke; Earl; Edith; Edward; England; Harold; Hilda; King; Norman; Saxon; William; roman summary = England, represented by the Anglo-Norman kings. THE NORMAN VISITOR, THE SAXON KING, AND THE DANISH PROPHETESS. THE NORMAN VISITOR, THE SAXON KING, AND THE DANISH PROPHETESS. "Askest thou," said Hilda at length, passing to the child, as if the the Saxon king; and she said, almost indignantly,-"Edith, my child," said Edward, still in Norman-French, for he spoke "Hilda!" said the King, backing his palfrey with apparent here; what wants Edward the King with his servant Hilda?" "William, bien aime," [15] said the King, "it is true that Hilda, whom While King Edward was narrating to the Norman Duke all that he knew, "Open the gate, open quick, my merry men," said the gentle Edward The Saxon ceorl''s eyes glared as he heard the Norman''s name uttered in Then said the King, in a low voice,-"Now home," said King Edward. opened its gates, to receive the Saxon King and the Norman Duke, id = 7673 author = Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron title = Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 02 date = keywords = Duke; Edward; King; Norman; Rou; Saxon; William; thy summary = Yea, many of Godwin''s noblest foes sighed for the Englishhearted Earl, banished by Norman guile on behalf of English law. the right hand of the King sat William; at the left Odo of Bayeux. "Dainty sir," said one of those Norman knights, William Mallet, of the "Thy name, young knight?" said the ecclesiastic, in Norman French, "A comforting and salutary recital, Count William," said the King. "Now, by''re Lady, if thou bringest not ill news, thy gay face, man, is from thy heart-strings!''--Excommunicate me--ME--William, the son of "Proud may thy barons be," said Fitzosborne, reddening, and with a Duke William, on thy seeing all this, if thy day-dreams have not also beheld a Norman "I have influence with the King," said William; "name thy wish, that I "Thy train go not hence empty-handed," said Edward fondly. "For all," said the Duke; "so the saints keep thee, O royal saint!" id = 7674 author = Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron title = Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 03 date = keywords = Earl; Edward; England; Godwin; Harold; King; Norman; Saxon; Sweyn; Witan summary = "To Edward, son of Ethelred, his most gracious king and lord, Godwin, "How comes it, then, that you English so love this Earl Godwin?--Still dead of the night rush in King Harold''s men, seize prince and frank Saxon, why you love Godwin the Earl? "So what says the King?" asked Earl Godwin. "The King received thee in his council of war," said Godwin, "My sons," said the Earl, turning to his children, and breathing loud Siward the Earl; tell him that I, Godwin, his foe in the old time, Godwin placed his hand on Harold''s head, and the tears came to those Crosse!" And Godwin, turning his eye to the King''s ranks, saw them "Sir, my King," said the great son of Beorn, "I yielded to your kingly Earl Godwin and his other sons to their lands and honours, with So stood the brothers, Sweyn the outlaw and Harold the Earl, before id = 7675 author = Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron title = Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 04 date = keywords = Algar; Earl; Edith; England; Godwin; Harold; King; Queen; Saxon; Wolnoth summary = "I promised," said the Dane king, "to set thy head higher than other "Have thy dreams been prophetic, son of Godwin?" said the Vala. ''Harold, fearest thou the dead men''s bones?'' and its voice was as a kings, that thy son, the best loved, hath nobler school and wider Yes, thou pitiest me, Harold; thy sister, the "Harold," then said Earl Godwin, after closing the door carefully, "Ah, thou art above human strength, Queen and Saint," exclaimed Edith; "Fair day to thee, my sister," said the Earl, advancing; and pardon, "Thine, Harold?" said the Queen, shaking her head, but with a look of greatness, thou shalt wed King Edward.'' And I live in the eyes that "Sister," said Harold, "thou speakest as I love to hear thee speak--as "thinkest thou, son of Mammon, that our good King sets his pious heart "Thou art welcome, Harold," said the King, with less than his usual id = 7676 author = Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron title = Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 05 date = keywords = Earl; Edith; Githa; Godwin; Harold; Hilda; King summary = Earl Godwin sate with his wife, Githa, in a room out of the Hall, "Githa," at last said the Earl, "thou hast been to me a good wife and "Githa," replied the Earl, "thou speakest as the daughter of kings and "Githa," she said, slowly, "doubtless thou rememberest in thy young Harold bowed his knee to the old Earl, who placed his hand on his head "Thy kiss, too, dear mother," said the younger Earl; and Githa''s "On the sixth day after thy coming to the King''s hall," answered Hilda and Harold passed in silence through the hall, and the Vala''s "All hail, Harold, heir of Godwin the great, and Githa the king-born! "Harold," he said, "thou succeedest to thy father''s power: let thy "Depart to thy home, my brother," said Earl Harold to Tostig, "and "Lo, then," said Hilda, "behold, the sun of thy life dawns again!" id = 7677 author = Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron title = Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 06 date = keywords = Earl; Edith; Edward; England; Godrith; Graville; Gryffyth; Harold; King; Norman; Saxon summary = "Hem," said the Kent man, a little perplexed, "certainly old manners "I take in thy words slowly," said the Kent man, shaking his head, Harold refused to marry Aldyth, as it is said his father, wise Godwin, "But I should like to have said a kind word or so to Earl Harold--for hearest that Earl Harold counts so little on the oaths of thy King, Thou wottest well what cause I have to hate Earl Harold; "Harold," answered Hilda, "thou didst hear at the close of thy dream, and a crowned king shalt thou be; yet fearful foes shall assail thee-"Good man, thou wert a ceorl, and now thou leadest Earl Harold''s men all William has heard, that Harold the Earl is the first man in "Thou hast never drank ale, then!" said the Saxon; "but thy foreign "A brave man and true king, then, this Gryffyth," said the Norman, id = 7678 author = Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron title = Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 07 date = keywords = Earl; Graville; Gryffyth; Harold; King; Norman; Saxon; Welch summary = counting on thee, O Harold, I turn my face to the wall, and hush my "Choose whom thou wilt, Harold," said one of the young thegns, ''Obey, by this pledge; thou knowest Harold is true, and thy head is "O King!" said the bard, "the music hath left the harp." Gryffyth thy King shall be his woe and his shame?" "Thou wouldst have me," he said at length, "send to Harold thy me say thus to the King: Harold the Earl greets Gryffyth, son of "Thou speakest well," said the King. "Speak, father, or chief," said the Welch King in his native tongue; "what would Harold the Earl of Gryffyth the King?" Let Gryffyth submit to King Edward, and ride with Harold Thou knowest Harold is true, and thy head is "Monk, thou hast said; and now hear the reply of the son of Llewellyn, id = 7679 author = Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron title = Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 08 date = keywords = Earl; Edward; Gurth; Harold; Hilda; Norman; William summary = "And now," said Harold, "I am at leisure to thank thee, brave Norman, Earl, that Gurth, hawking in the woodlands round Hilda''s house, turned implore thee, forthwith; and let thy clear sense and warm heart be by "Is thine oath indeed given to thy mother, and doth she keep thee to And thou, Harold, art a man of this "How so, dear lord and King?" said Harold, startled by Edward''s "He detains our kinsmen, why not thee!" said Harold. "Bethink thee, Harold, if menaced but with peril to thyself, thou evil to England'' that Edward spoke, and thy reflection must tell thee, "Hilda," said he, in a low but firm voice, "thou hast often told me the Soul of Harold the Brave?--seest thou not that the waters engulf Shall the soul thou trusteth fail thee? high in hope, Earl Harold took his way to the Norman court. id = 7680 author = Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron title = Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 09 date = keywords = Duke; Earl; Edward; England; Graville; Haco; Harold; Norman; Saxon; William summary = William, Count of the Normans, sate in a fair chamber of his palace of "Eno''!" said William, "I comprehend the nature of the land and its "Thou art mistaken, Sire de Graville," said the Duke, with a shrewd unchristian wrong hath been done the Earl by thy liegeman, Guy, Count "Thou heardst her, noble Harold: what is thine answer? "You most grievously wrong Duke William," cried Harold, indignantly, "Harold," said he, "if but for one such moment thou obeyest the Normandy to enforce thy freedom; knowest thou what William hath ere Duke William politicly checked Odo''s answer, and said mildly: "Harold," said the Duke at last, "thou hast thought, I fear, that I William.--Splendour of God, Earl, thou keepest me long for thine "Thou hast convinced me, Duke William: let it be as power, to fulfil thy agreement with William, Duke of the Normans, if id = 7681 author = Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron title = Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 10 date = keywords = Alred; Earl; Edith; Edward; England; Haco; Harold; King; Norman; Saxon; Tostig summary = "Thou art come back, Harold," said Edward then, in a feeble voice; and "Come not thou, with thy human reasonings, between my soul and the men of earth''s war, and do justice and right; and on thy return thou "Couldst thou think, Harold, that in thy journey, that on the errand wilt come back, ere thou departest to aid Tostig, thy brother, and thou too!" murmured Harold; and then he asked aloud, "What said "I knew that thou wouldst come to-night--I knew it, Harold," murmured "I shall tarry here till Hilda returns," answered Harold, and it may the soul is repose!--So again thou art in thy native land?" "Harold," said the prelate, seating himself, "the hour has come to "Thou speakest the words of wisdom," said Harold, "but I knew and if thou hast thought that thy power as king might prevail said, ''Edith had loved thee less, if thou hadst not loved England more id = 7682 author = Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron title = Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 11 date = keywords = Count; Duke; Edward; England; Hardrada; Harold; King; Norman; Saxon; Tostig; William summary = At the foot stood Harold; on one side knelt Edith, the King''s lady; at Harold at the foot of the bed, the King said: shouted forth, "We choose thee, O Harold, for lord and king." So "Edward sleeps with the dead!--and Harold is King of all England!" Earl left the King," and went on in haste to Harold Hardrada of "Now, out on thee, Harold Hardrada," said Tostig the fierce; "the good Meanwhile, King Harold of England had made himself dear to his people, King Harold came from York, whither he had gone to cement the new At the news of this foe on the north side of the land, King Harold was thought they, must pass ere Harold the King can come from the south to "Thy brother, King Harold, sends to salute thee. "What will Harold the King give to his brother?" answered Tostig, "King Harold!" answered Tostig, briefly. id = 7683 author = Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron title = Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 12 date = keywords = Anglo; Church; Conqueror; Danes; Duke; Edith; Edward; England; English; Godwin; Graville; Gurth; Haco; Harold; Hilda; King; Leofwine; London; Norman; Saxon; William; note summary = "Shall we go forth with the King''s army?" asked a young monk, bolder Norman is laying waste all the lands of thy subjects, Lord Harold; "In the name of William, Duke of the Normans in the field, Count of Harold''s hand clenched firm on the arm of Gurth, and his old scorn of "How like ye, O Normans, the Saxon gleeman?" said Leofwine, as he feet of Harold; and William, borne by his great steed and his colossal King said briefly: "Rise and retreat!--no time on this field for As they came up the hills, Harold turned to Haco and said: "Where is Live, Harold; live yet, and Saxon England shall not die! standard bore back a line of Saxons, and covered the body of the King the Conqueror used a monk for his messenger to King Harold." been so, the Saxon chroniclers, and still more the Norman, would In both Saxon and Norman chronicles, William id = 45366 author = Miller, Thomas title = History of the Anglo-Saxons, from the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest Second Edition date = keywords = Alfred; Anglia; Athelstan; Britain; Britons; CHAPTER; Canute; Cæsar; Danes; Dunstan; East; Edmund; Edward; Edwin; England; Ethelred; Godwin; Harold; Kent; London; Mercia; Norman; Normandy; Northumbria; Penda; Rome; Saxon; Welsh; Wessex; William; british; danish; english; king; roman summary = British king--Triumph of the Saxons under Oswald, and death of their island retreat--Poverty of the great Saxon king p. Saxon king--Preparations for battle--Picturesque description The Danes refuse to attack the Saxons in king Edwin''s quarrel-Harold elected king of England by the Saxon witenagemot-Harold, king of the Saxons, marches from York--Despatches a fleet death of his son, settled down in his old age, amongst the Saxons, A Saxon king, named Ella, at this time ruled the northern England of those days, over which the destroying sea-kings passed. They gave the Saxon king but little time for hesitation before they No sooner did the Saxon king appear, than the Danes abandoned their great king, and in that old Saxon town there were doubtless many living Norman duke in his own country, the Saxon king hastened with forced The latter had offered the Saxon king all the lands beyond id = 657 author = nan title = The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle date = keywords = A.D.; Abbot; Archbishop; Bishop; Canterbury; Christ; Earl; Edward; England; God; Godwin; Harold; Henry; King; London; Normandy; Robert; Rome; Saxon; St.; West; William; Winchester; York; year summary = This year died Cerdic, the first king of the West-Saxons. This year died Wihtred, King of Kent, on the ninth day nine earls, and one king; and the same year the West-Saxons made This year went the army eastward; and King Arnulf This year King Edward went with his army to Bedford, This year, before Easter, King Edward ordered his men This year, betwixt gang-days and midsummer, went King This year went King Edward with an army, late in the This year went King Knute with nine ships to Denmark, This year went King Knute out with his ships to the And, in this same year, came Edward, son of King Ethelred, hither This year King William went over sea to Normandy; and In this year the King William with a large army went In this year sent the King to England after the Earl This year came King Henry to this land.