goeth
Goeth is defined as: archaic third person singular present of go.
goeth
Goeth is defined as: archaic third person singular present of go.
A.D. 1087
Is it a coincidence that the longest paragraph is about religion? The kings and rulers and their lives that intertwine with religion.
pestilent
harmful or dangerous to morals or public order
48
What does the number reference or mean?
The holy mother of God
Metaphor for being saved? Or a reference about someone?
A.D. 992
Emphasized Oswald's death. Second paragraph of AD 992
crisom-leasing
What does this mean?
RAVEN
Any particular reason this and "All but Alfred the king" are both capitalized? Is supposed to be important or emphasized?
A.D. 876
Why was this paragraph separated from the first one even though it's the same year?
Mercians made peace with the army
Do the Mercians have any relation to Marcian? There seems to be a common ground of "making peace" or siding with one group and then turning against them and fighting them.
They had two heathen kings
This part was confusing, were the earls against them? Or did they have earls on their side as well?
skain
What does this mean? At first I thought it was a typo and it was supposed to be slain.
This same Cynewulf reigned one and thirty winters
They mention Cynewulf reigned one and thirty winters twice, Were they just reiterating the information because it was important?
But he having understood
When they mention many different people from different places and stating what they've done, it's a little confusing to keep up with who they're talking about.
alderman
In Anglo-Sexton England: a noble serving the king as a chief officer in a district or shire.
the city of Andred
Is this a real city? I couldn't find anything on it. I wondered who was left there since not one Briten was left after.
A.D. 455
What is the reason for the constant fighting? The only thing I saw was the richness of land and worthless of Briton.
thane
Thane according to Google: (in Anglo-Saxon England) a man who held land granted by the king or by a military nobleman, ranking between an ordinary freeman and a hereditary noble.
The king directed them to fight
When describing the fights and who wins, it gets a bit confusing. Who is fighting whom and who wins which fight.
In their days Hengest and Horsa
Who is Hengest and Horsa? Where did they come from and why did they first support the Britons but then fight them later?
Ipwinesfleet
Is this an actual place?