Old English · proper noun
Ellendun
Normalised Ellendūn
- Part of speech
- proper noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- Modern English
- allingtonellendunwiltshiresite
Meaning
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Allington (a place in Wiltshire, England), site of the Battle of Ellendun
An. DCCCXXIII Hēr wæs Wāla ġefeoht ⁊ Defna æt Gafulforda. ⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare ġefeaht Eċġbryht cyning ⁊ Beornwulf cyning on Ellendūne, ⁊ Eċġbryht siġe nam, ⁊ þǣr wæs myċel wæl ġeslæġen.
Year 823 In this year there was a battle between the Welsh and the Devons at Gafulford. And in the same year Kings Edgebright and Beornwulf fought at Allington, and Edgebright wtook the victory, and there was great carnage.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
All forms (2)
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