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Definition of Egbert
1. Noun. King of Wessex whose military victories made Wessex the most powerful kingdom in England (died in 839).
Definition of Egbert
1. Proper noun. (Old English male given name). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Egbert
Literary usage of Egbert
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"King Egbert (802-S39).—King Egbert, about the year 800, found himself in possession
of the throne of the West Saxons, by a long and undisturbed descent from ..."
2. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1906)
"The discords thus caused gave Egbert the opportunity for which he had ...
Intent on gathering at once the most important fruits of victory, Egbert sent his ..."
3. The History of England from the Earliest Times to the Norman Conquest by Thomas Hodgkin (1906)
"The discords thus caused gave Egbert the opportunity for which he had ...
Intent on gathering at once the most important fruits of victory, Egbert sent his ..."
4. The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Revolution by David Hume (1858)
"It was not long ere Egbert had opportunities of displaying his natural and ...
that she was obliged to fly into France; whence Egbert was at the same time ..."
5. The Popular History of England by Charles Knight (1880)
"Egbert, King of Wessex.—Reduces the other provinces to his supremacy. ...
Egbert fled to Offa, king of Mercia; but when Offa gave his daughter Edburga in ..."
6. The Comic History of England by Gilbert Abbott À Beckett, John Leech (1864)
"Feeling that his life was a toss up, and that he might lose by heads coming down,
Egbert wisely repaired to the court of the Emperor Charlemagne. ..."
7. The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, James Nichols (1842)
"Egbert the first fixed Monarch of England. AD 800. The other was Egbert, who in
this very year made himself sole monarch of England. ..."
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