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Definition of Battle of maldon
1. Noun. A battle in which the Danes defeated the Saxons in 991; celebrated in an old English poem.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Battle Of Maldon
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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