Definition of Battle of maldon

1. Noun. A battle in which the Danes defeated the Saxons in 991; celebrated in an old English poem.

Exact synonyms: Maldon
Generic synonyms: Pitched Battle
Geographical relationships: England

Lexicographical Neighbors of Battle Of Maldon

Battle of Britain
Battle of Bull Run
Battle of El Alamein
Battle of Flodden Field
Battle of Fontenoy
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Granicus River
Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of Jena
Battle of Kerbala
Battle of Lake Trasimenus
Battle of Lepanto
Battle of Little Bighorn
Battle of Magenta
Battle of Maldon
Battle of Midway
Battle of Monmouth
Battle of Monmouth Court House
Battle of Naseby
Battle of Ontario
Battle of Pydna
Battle of Quebec
Battle of Ravenna
Battle of Rocroi
Battle of Wake
Battle of Wake Island
Battle of Waterloo
Battle of the Ardennes Bulge
Battle of the Bulge

Literary usage of Battle of maldon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1887)
"In truth there is nothing in old English literature finer than this fragment of a ballad on the battle of Maldon and the death of ..."

2. English Poems by Walter Cochrane Bronson (1910)
"THE battle of maldon Then he bade each of the youths let go his horse, drive it far away, and go forth, think to his hands and give his mind to brave ..."

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