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2Her þored Gunneres sunu forhergode Westmoringaland. & þi
3ilcan geare Oslac feng to ealdordome.
4Her on þissum geare Eadgar cyng het oferhergian eall
5Tenetland.
6Her forðferde Eadmund æþeling.
7Her wæs Eadgar eþeling gehalgod to cyninge on Pentecoste
8mæssedæi on v idus Mai . þe xiii geare
9þe he to rice feng. æt Hatabaðum. & he wæs þa ana wana
10xxx wintra.
11& sona æfter þam se cyng geleadde ealle his sciphere to
12Lægeceastre. & þær him comon ongean vi cyningas.
13and ealle wið trywsodon þæt hi woldon efen
14wyrhton beon on sæ & on lande.
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16And her Eadward Eadgares sunu feng to rice.
17& þa sona on þam ilcan geare on herfeste æteowde cometa se
18steorra. & com þa on þam eaftran geare swiðe
19mycel hungor. & swyðe mænigfealde styrunga geond
20Angelcyn.
21& Ælfere ealdorman het towurpon swyðe manig munuc lif þe
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23het ær þone halgan biscop Aðelwold gestaðelian.
24& on þam timan wæs eac Oslac se mæra eorl geutod of
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26Her on þissum geare ealle þa yldestan Angelcynnes witan
27gefeollan æt Calne of anre upfloran. butan
28se halga Dunstan arcebiscop ana ætstod uppon anum beame. &
29sume þær swiðe gebrocode wæron. & sume hit
30ne gedygdan mid þam life.
31Her wæs Eadward cyng ofslagen on æfentide æt Corfes geate
32on xv kalendæ Aprilis & hine man bebyrigde
33æt Wærham butan ælcum cynelicum wurðscipe.
34VERSE OMITTED
35And her feng æðelred to rice. & he wæs æfter þam swiðe
36hrædlice mid mycclum gefean Angelcynnes witon
37gehalgod to cyninge æt Cyningestun.
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39halgan
40cyninges lichaman æt Wærham. & geferode hine
41mid mycclum wurðscipe to Scæftesbyrig.
42Her comon ærest þa vii scipu and gehergoden Hamtun.
43Her forðferde Ælfere ealdorman. & feng Ælfric to þam ilcan
44ealdordome.
45Her forðferde se halga biscop Aðelwold muneca fæder. & her
46wæs Eadwine to abbot gehalgod to Abbandune.
47Her ælfric ealdorman wæs utadræfed.
48Her se cyning fordyde þet biscoprice æt Hrofeceastre. And
49her com ærest se myccla yrfcwalm on Angelcyn.
50Her Wecedport wes gehergod.
51Her wæs Goda se Dæfenisca þægn ofslagen & mycel wæl
52mid him.
53& her Dunstan se halga arcebiscop forlet þis lif. & geferde
54þæt heofonlice.
55And Æðelgar biscop feng æfter him to arcebiscopstol. & he
56litle hwile æfter þam leofode, butan an gear.
57& iii monðas.
58Her Ædwine abbot forðferde. & feng Wulfgar to. & her Siric
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60Her wæs Gypeswic gehergod. & æfter þam swyðe raðe
61wæs Brihtnoð ealdorman ofslægen æt Mældune.
62& on þam geare man gerædde þæt man geald ærest gafol
63Deniscan mannum. for þam mycclan brogan þe hi
64worhtan be þam særiman. þæt wæs ærest x þusend
65punda. þæne ræd gerædde Siric arcebiscop.
66Her Oswald se eadiga arcebiscop forlet his lif. & geferde
67þæt heofonlice. & Æðelwine ealdorman gefor
68on þam ilcan geare.
69Ða gerædde se cyng & ealle his witan þæt man gegaderode
70þa scipu þe ahtes wæron to Lundenbyrig.
71& se cyng þa betæhte þa fyrde to lædene Ealfrice
72ealdorman. & þorode eorl. & Ælfstane biscop. & Æscwige
73biscop. & sceoldan cunnian gif hi muhton þone here
74ahwær utene betræppen.
75ða sende se ealdorman ælfric. & het warnian þone here.
76& þa on þere nihte ðe hi on ðone dæi togædere cumon
77sceoldon. ða sceoc he on niht fram þære fyrde him
78sylfum to mycclum bismore. & se here þa ætbærst, buton
79an scip þær man ofsloh.
80& þa gemætte se here ða scipu of East Englum & of Lunden. &
81hi ðær ofslogon mycel wæl. & þæt scip genamon
82eall gewæpnod & gewædod þe se ealdorman on wæs.
83& ða æfter Oswaldes arcebiscop forðsiðe. feng Ealdulf
84abbot of Burch to Eoferwic stole and to Wigeraceastre.
85& Kenulf to þam abbotrice æt Burch.
86Her on ðissum geare wæs Bæbbanburh tobrocon. & mycel
87herehuðe þær genumen, & æfter þam com to Humbranmuðe
88se here. & þær mycel yfel gewrohtan ægðer ge on
89Lindesige ge on Norðhymbran.
90þa gegaderode man swiðe mycele fyrde. & þa hi togædere gan
91sceoldan. þa onstealdon þa heretogan ærest
92þone fleam. þæt wæs Fræna. & Godwine. & Friðegist.
93On þysum ilcan geare het se cyng ablendan Ælfgar Ælfrices
94sunu ealdormannes.
95Her on þisum geare com Anlaf & Swegen to Lundenbyrig on
96Nativitas sancte Marie mid iiii & hundnigontigum scipum.
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98hi mid fyre ontendan woldon. ac hi þar gefeordon
99maran hearm & yfel þonne hi æfre wendon. þæt heom ænig
100burhwaru gedon sceolde.
101Ac se halige Godes modor on ðam hire mildheortnisse þære
102burhware gecyðde. & hi ahredde wið heora feondum.
103& hi þanon ferdon. & wrohton þæt mæste yfel þe æfre
104ænig here don mihte on bærnette & hergunge & on
105manslihtum ægðer be ðam særiman on East Seaxum, & on
106Centlande. & on SuðSeaxum. & on Hamtunscire.
107& æt nyxtan naman heom hors. & ridon swa wide swa hi woldon.
108& unasecgendlice yfel wircende wæron.
109þa gerædde se cyng & his witan þæt him man to sende. & him
110gafol behete & metsunge wið þon þe hi þære
111hergunge geswicon.
112& hi þa þet underfengon. & com þa eall se here to Hamtune.
113& þær wintersetle namon.
114& hi man þær fædde geond eall West Seaxna rice. & him man
115geald xvi þusend punda.
116þa sende se cyng æfter Anlafe cyninge, Ælfeach biscop &
117Æðelward ealdorman & man gislade þa hwile
118in to þam scipum.
119& hi þa læddan Anlaf mid mycclum wurðscipe to þam cynge to
120Andeferan. & se cyng æðelred his anfeng
121æt biscopes handa. & him cynelice gifode. & him þa Anlaf
122behet swa he hit eac gelæste. þæt he næfre
123eft to Angelcynne mid unfriðe cumon nolde.
124Hic Ricardus uetus obiit. et Ricardus filius eius suscepit
125regnum. et regnauit xxxi annos .
126Her on þissum geare æteowde cometa se steorra. & Siric
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128Her on þissum geare wæs ælfric gehalgod to arcebiscope to
129Cristes cyrcean.
130Her on þissum geare ferde se here abutan Defnanscire into
131Sæfernmuðon. & þær gehergodon ægðer on Cornwealum
132ge on Norðwalum. & on Defenan. & eodon him þa up
133æt Wecedport.
134& þær mycel yfel wrohtan on bærnette. & on manslihtum. &
135æfter þam wendon eft abutan Penwiht steort
136on ða suðhealfe. and wendon þa in to Tamermuðan. & eodon
137þa up oð þæt hi comon to Hlidaforda.
138& ælc þing bærndon & slogon þæt hi gemetton. & Ordulfes
139mynster æt Tefingstoce forbærndon. & unasecgendlice
140herehuðe mid him to scipa brohtan.
141Her gewende se here eft eastweard into Frommuðan. & þær
142æghwær up eodon swa wide swa hi woldon into
143Dorsætan.
144& man oft fyrde ongean hi gegaderode. ac sona swa hi togædere
145gan sceoldan. þonne wearð þær æfre þurh
146sum þing fleam astiht. & æfre hi æt ende sige ahton.
147& þonne oðre hwile lagen heom on Wihtlande. & eoton heom þa
148hwile of Hamtunscire. & of Suðseaxum.
149Her com se here eft abuton into Temese. & wendon þa up
150andlang Medewægan to Hrofeceastre.
151& com þa seo Centisce fyrde þær ongean. & hi þær fæste
152togedere fengon. ac wala þæt hi to hraðe bugon.
153& flugon. forþam þe hi næfdon fultum þe hi habban
154sceoldan.
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156geweald & naman þa hors. &
157ridan swa wide swa hi woldon sylf. & fornæh
158ealle Weast Centingas fordydon. & forhergodan.
159ða rædde se cyng wið his witan þæt man sceolde mid
160scipfyrde. & eac mid landfyrde him ongean faran.
161ac ða þa scipu gearwe wæron. þa elkede man fram dæge to
162dæge. & swencte þæt earme folc þe on ðam scipon lagon.
163& a swa hit forðwearde beon scolde. swa hit lætre wæs fram
164anre tyde to oðre. & a hi leton heora feonda
165wærod wexan. & a man rymde fram þære sæ. & hi ferdon
166æfre forð æfter.
167& þonne æt þam ende ne beheold hit nan þing seo
168scipfyrding. buton folces geswinc. & feos spilling.
169& heora feonda forðbylding.
170Her on ðissum geare se cyng ferde in to Cumerlande. & hit
171swiðe neah eall forhergode.
172& his scipu wendon ut abuton Legceastre. and sceoldan cumon
173ongean hine. ac hi ne mihton. þa gehergodon hi Mænige.
174& seo unfriðflota wæs þæs sumeres gewend to Ricardesrice.
175Her com se here to Exanmuðan. & up ða eodan to ðere byrig.
176& þær fæstlice feohtende wæron. ac him man
177swyðe fæstlice wið stod. & heardlice.
178ða gewendon hi geond þæt land. & dydon eall swa hi bewuna
179wæron. slogon & beorndon.
180þa gesomnode man þær ormæte fyrde of Defenisces folces. &
181Sumorsætisces. & hi ða tosomne comon æt Peonnho.
182& sona swa hi togædere fengon. þa beah seo Englisce fyrd. &
183hi þær mycel wæl ofslogon. & ridan þa ofer
184þæt land. & wæs æfre heora æftra syð wyrse þonne se
185ærra.
186& mid him þa mycele herehuðe to scipon brohton. & þanon
187wendon in Wihtland. & þær him ferdon on buton
188swa swa hi sylf woldon. & him nan þing ne wiðstod.
189ne him to ne dorste sciphere on sæ. ne landfyrd. ne eodon hi
190swa feor up.
191Wæs hit þa on ælce wisan hefig tyma. forðam þe hi næfre
192heora yfeles geswicon.
193Her on þissum geare se cyng gerædde & his witan. þæt man
194sceolde gafol gyldon þam flotan. & frið wið
195hi geniman wið þon þe hi heora yfeles geswican sceoldan.
196ða sende se cyng to þam flotan Leofsig ealdorman. & he þa
197þæs cynges worde & his witena grið wið hi
198gesætte. & þet hi to metsunge fengon & to gafle.
199& hi þa þæt underfengon. & him man þa geald xxiiii
200þusend punda.
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202Leofsig ealdorman Æfic þæs
203cynges heahgerefan. & se cyng hine ða geutode of earde.
204And þa on þam ilcan lengtene com seo hlæfdige Ricardes
205dohtor hider to lande.
206On ðam ilcan sumera Ealdulf arcebiscop forðferde.
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208het ofslean ealle ða Deniscan men þe
209on Angelcynne wæron on Bricius messedæg.
210forþon þam cynge wæs gecydd þæt hi woldon hine
211besyrewian æt his life. & syððan ealle his witan.
212& habban syþðan his rice.
213Her wæs Eaxeceaster abrocen þurh þone Frenciscan ceorl
214Hugon þe seo hlefdige heafde hire gesett to gerefan.
215& se here þa burh mid ealle fordyde. & mycele here
216huðe þær genamen.
217ða gegaderode man swiðe mycele fyrde of Wiltunscire & of
218Hamtunscire. & swiðe anrædlice wið þæs heres
219weard wæron.
220ða sceolde se ealdorman ælfric lædan þa fyrde. ac he teah
221forð þa his ealdan wrenceas.
222Sona swa hi wæron swa gehende þet ægðer heora on oðer
223hawede. þa gebræd he hine seocne. & ongan hine
224brecan to spiwenne. & cweð þet he gesiclod wære. & swa
225þæt folc beswac þæt he lædan sceolde.
226swa hit gecweðen is. ðonne se heretoga wacað þonne bið
227eall se here swiðe gehindred.
228ða Swegen geseah þæt hi anræde næron. & ealle tohwurfon.
229þa lædde he his here into Wiltune.
230& hi ða burh gehergodon & forbærndon. & eodon þa to
231Searbyrig. & þanon eft to sæ. ferde þær he wiste
232his yðhengestas.
233Her com Swegen mid his flotan to Norðwic. & þa burh ealle
234gehergade. & forbærndon.
235þa gerædde Ulfkytel wið þa witan on East Englum. þæt him
236bætere weron þæt man wið þone here friðes
237ceapode. ær hi to mycelne hearm on þam earde gedydon.
238forþam þe hi unwares comon. & he fyrst næfde
239þæt he his fyrde gegadrian mihte.
240ða under þam griðe þe heom betweonan beon sceolde. þa
241besteal se here up fram scipon. & wendan heora
242fore to þeodforda.
243ða Ulfcytel þæt undergeat. þa seonde he þæt man sceolde
244þa scipu toheawan. ac hi abruðon þa ðe he to
245þohte. & he þa gegaderode his fyrde diglice swa he
246swyðost muhte.
247& se here com þa to þeodforda binnon iii wuca þæs þe
248hi ær gehergodon Norðwic. & þær binnon ane niht
249wæron. & þa burh hergodon & forbærndon.
250þa on morgen þa hi to scipum woldon. þa com Ulfcytel
251mid his werode. & hi þær togædere feastlice fengon.
252& mycel wæl þær on ægðære hand gefeoll.
253ðær wærð East Engla folces seo yld ofslagen. ac gif þet
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255wære. ne eodan hi næfre eft
256to scipon. swa hi sylfe sædon.
257Her on þyssum geare wæs se mycla hungor geond Angelcynn
258swilce nan man ær ne gemunde swa grimne. &
259se flota þæs geares gewende of þissum earde to
260Dænemearcon. and litelne fyrst let. þet he eft ne com.
261Her forðferde Ælfric arcebiscop. & Ælfeah biscop feng
262æfter him to ðam ærcestole. & Brihtwold biscop
263feng to þam rice on Wiltunscire.
264& Wulfgeate wæs eall his are ofgenumen. & Wulfeah & Ufegeat
265wæron ablende. & Ælfelm ealdorman wearð
266ofslagen. & Kenulf biscop forðferde.
267& þa ofer þone midne sumor com þa se Denisca flota to
268Sandwic. & dydon eall swa hi ær gewuna wæron,
269hergodon & bærndon. & slogon swa swa hi ferdon.
270þa het se cyng abannan ut ealne ðeodscipe of Westseaxum. &
271of Myrcean. & hi lagon ute þa ealne þone
272herfest on fyrdinge ongean þone here. ac hit naht ne beheold
273þe ma þe hit oftor ær dyde.
274Ac for eallum þissum se here ferde swa he sylf wolde. & se
275fyrdinge dyde þære landleode ælcne hearm.
276þet him naðor ne dohte ne innhere ne uthere.
277ða hit winter leohte. þa ferde se fyrd ham.
278& se here com þa ofer Martinus messan to his fyrðstole to
279Wihtlande. & tilode him þær æghwer þæs ðe
280hi behofdan.
281& þa to ðam middan wintran eodon heom to heora garwan feorme
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283Hamtunscire into Barrucscire to
284Rædingan. and hi dydon heora gewuna, atendon heora beacna
285swa swa hi ferdon.
286& ferdon þa to Wealingaforda. & þet eall forsweldon. &
287wændon him þa andlang Æscesdune to Cwicelmes
288hlæwe.
289& þær onbidedon beotra gylpa. forþon oft man cwæð. gif hi
290Cwicchelmes hlæwe gesohton. þet hi næfre
291to sæ gan ne sceoldan. wendon þa oðres wæges hamweard.
292þa wæs þær fyrd gesomnod æt Cynetan. & hi þær togædere
293fengon. & sona þet wærod on fleame gebrohtan,
294& syððan hyra herehuðe to sæ færedon.
295þær mihton geseon Winceastre leodan rancne here. & unearhne.
296þæt hi be hyra gate to sæ eodon. & mæte
297& madmas ofer L mila him fram sæ fættan.
298þa wæs se cyng gewend ofer Temese into Scrobbesbyrigscire. &
299nam þær his feorme in þære middewintres tide.
300þa wearð hit swa mycel æge fram þam here. þet man ne
301mihte geþeoncean ne asmægian hu man of earde hi
302gebringon sceolde. oððe þisne eard wið hi gehealdan.
303forþan þe hi hæfdon ælce scire on West Sexum
304stiðe gemarcod mid bryne. & mid hergunge.
305Agan se cyng georne to smeagenne wið his witan hwet heom
306eallum rædlicost þuhte. þæt man þisum earde
307gebeorgan mihte ær he mid ealle fordon wurðe.
308ða gerædde seo cyng & his witan eallum þeodscipe to
309þearfe. þeah hit him eallum lað wære. þæt man nyde
310moste þam here gafol gyldan.
311ða sende se cyng to þam here. & him cyþan het þæt he
312wolde þæt heom grið betweonan beon sceolde. &
313him man gafol and metsunge syllan sceolde. & hi ða ealle
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315Her on ðissum geare wæs þet gafol gelæst þam unfriðe
316here. þæt wæs xxx þusend punda.
317& On ðissum geare eac wæs Ædric gesett to ealdorman on
318Myrcena rice.
319Her bebead se cyng þæt man sceolde ofer eall Angelcynn scipu
320feastlice wircean. þæt is þonne of þrym
321hund hidum. & of x hidon ænne scegð. & of viii
322hidum helm & byrnan.
323Her on þissum geare gewurdon þa scipu gearwe þe we ær ymbe
324spræcon. & heora wæs swa feala swa næfre
325ær þes ðe us bec secgað on Angelcynne ne gewurdon on
326nanes cynges dæg.
327& hi man þa ealle togædere ferode to Sandwic. & þær
328sceoldan licgan. & þisne eard healdan wið ælcne
329uthere. ac we gyt næfdon þa geselða. ne þone wurðscipe
330þæt seo scipfyrd nytt wære ðisum earde. þe
331ma þe heo oftor ær wæs.
332ða gewearð hit on þisum ilcan timan oððe litle ær þet
333Brihtric Eadrices broðor ealdormannes forwregde
334Wulfnoð cild þone Suðseaxscian to þam cyning.
335& he þa utgewende. & him þa to aspeon þet he heafde xx
336scipa. & he þa hergode æghwer be ðam suðriman.
337& ælc yfel wrohton.
338þa cydde man into þære scipfyrde. þet hi mann eaðe
339befaran mihte. gif man ymbe beon wolde.
340ða genam se Brihtric him to hundeahtatig scipa. & þohte
341þæt he him myceles wordes wircean sceolde.
342þæt he Wulfnoð cuconne oððe deadne begytan sceolde.
343ac þa hi þyderweard wæron. þa com him swilc wind ongean
344swilce nan mann ær ne gemunde. & þa scipo ða
345ealle tobeot. & toþræsc. & on land wearp. & com se
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347sona. & ða scipo forbærnde.
348ða þis cuð wæs to ðam oðrum scipon þær se cyng wæs hu
349ða oðre geferdon. wæs þa swilc hit eall rædleas
350wære. & ferde se cyng him ham. & þa ealdormenn. & þa
351heahwitan. & forleton þa scipo þus leohtlice.
352& þet folc þa þe on ðam scipe wæron færcodon ða scipo
353eft to Lundene. & leton ealles ðeodscipes geswincg
354þus leohtlice forwurðan. & næs se ege na betera þe
355eall Angelcynn tohopode.
356þa ðeos scipfyrd ðus geendod wæs. þa com sona æfter
357hlammessan se ungemetlica unfriðhere to Sandwic.
358& sona wendon heora fore to Cantwarbyrig. & þa burh raðe
359geeodon. gif hi þe raðor to him friðes to ne girndon.
360& ealle East Centingas wið þone here frið genamon. & him
361gesealdon iii þusend punda.
362& se here þa sona æfter þam gewende abuton oð þet hi
363comon to Wihtlande. & þær æghwer on Suðseaxum.
364& on Hamtunscire. & eac on Bearrucscire hergodon & bærndon
365swa heora gewuna wæs.
366þa het se cyng abannan ut ealne þeodscipe þet mann on ælce
367healfe wið hi gehealden sceolde. ac þeah
368hweðere hi ferdon loc hu hi woldon.
369þa sum siðe heafde se cyng hi fore began mid ealre fyrde.
370þa hi to scipan woldon. & eall folc gearu
371wæs heom on to fonne. ac hit wæs ða þurh Eadric ealdorman
372gelet swa hit þa æfre wæs.
373ða æfter sanctus Martinus mæssan. þa ferdon hi eft ongean
374to Cent. & namon him wintersettl on Temesan.
375& lifedon of East Seaxum. & of ðam scirum þe þær nyxt
376wæron on twam healfe Temese. & oft hi on
377þa burh Lundene gefuhton.
378Ac si Gode lof. þet heo gyt gesund stent. & hi þær æfre
379yfel geferdon.
380ða æfter middan wintra hi namon þa ænne upgang ut þurh
381Ciltern. & swa to Oxneforda. & þa burh forbærndon.
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383scipanweard.
384þa gewarnode man hi þæt þær wæs fyrd æt Lundene ongean.
385hi gewendon þa ofer æt Stane. & þus ferdon
386ealne þone winter, & ðone lencten wæron him on Cent. and
387bettan heora scipa.
388Her on ðissum geare com se foresprecenda here ofer Eastron to
389East Englum. & wendon up æt Gipeswic.
390& eodon anreces þær hi geaxodon Ulfcytel mid his fyrde.
391ðis wæs on þam dæg prima ascensio Domini .
392& þa sona flugon East Engla. þa stod Grantabrycgscir
393fæstlice ongean.
394þær wæs ofslægen Æðelstan þes cynges aðum. & Oswi &
395his sunu. & Wulfric Leofwines sunu. & Eadwig Æfices
396broðor. & feala oðra godra þegna. & folces ungerim.
397þone fleam ærest astealde þurcytel Myran heafod. & þa
398Dæniscan ahton wælstowe geweald. & þær wurdon
399gehorsode.
400& syððon ahton East Engle geweald. & þone eard iii
401monþas hergodon & bærndon.
402gefurðon on þa wildan fennas hi ferdon. & menn & yrfe hi
403slogon. & bærndon geond þa feonnas. & þeodford
404forbærndon. & Grantabrycge.
405& syððon wendon eft suðweard into Temese. & ridon þa
406gehorsedan menn ongean þa scipo.
407& syððon hrædlice wendon westweard on Oxnafordscire. &
408þanon to Bucinghamscire. & swa andlang Usan.
409oð hi comon to Bedanforda & swa forð oð Temesanford. & a
410bærndon swa hi geferdon.
411wendon þa eft to scipon mid heora herehuðe. & þone hi to
412scipon streddon. þonne sceolde fyrd ut eft
413ongean þæt hi up woldon.
414þonne ferde seo fyrd ham.
415& þonne hi wæron be easton. þonne heold man fyrde be
416westan. & þonne hi wæron be suðan. þonne wæs ure
417fyrd be norðan.
418ðonne bead man ealle witan to cynge. & man þonne rædan
419scolde hu man þisne eard werian sceolde. Ac
420þeah man hwæt þonne rædde. þæt ne stod furðon ænne
421monað.
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423þæt fyrde gaderian wolde. ac
424ælc fleah swa he mæst myhte. Ne furðon nan
425scir nolde oðre gelæstan æt nyxtan.
426þa ætforan sanctus Andreas mæssan. ða com se here to
427Hamtune. & þone port sona forbærndon. & þær namon
428abuton swa mycel swa hi woldon sylfe. & þanon wendon ofer
429Temese into West Seaxum. & swa wið Caningan
430mærsces. & þæt eall forbærndon.
431þa hi swa feor gegan hæfdon swa hi þa woldon. þa comon hi
432to ðam middanwintra to scipon.
433Her on þissum geare sende se cyng & his witan to ðam here.
434& georndon friðes. & him gafol & metsunga
435behetan. wið þam þe hi heora hergunga geswicon.
436Hi heafdon þa ofergan East Engla i and East Seaxe ii
437& Middel Seaxe iii & Oxenafordscire iiii
438& Grantabrycgescire v & Heortfordscire vi &
439Bucingahamscire vii & Bedanfordscire viii &
440healfe Huntadunscire x & be suðan Temese ealle Centingas.
441& Suð Seaxe. & Hæstingas. & Suðrig. & Bearrucscire.
442& Hamtunscire. & micel on Wiltunscire.
443Ealle þas ungesælða us gelumpon þurh unrædes. þæt mann
444nolde him to timan gafol bedan. ac þonne hi
445mæst to yfele gedon hæfdon. þonne nam man grið. & frið
446wið hi.
447& naðelæs for eallum þisum griðe & friðe & gafole. hi
448ferdon æghwider folcmælum. & hergodon. & ure
449earme folc ræpton & slogon.
450& On þissum geare betwyx Natiuitate sancte Marie & sancte
451Michaeles mæssan hi ymbesætan Cantwaraburh.
452& hi þær into comon þurh syrewrenceas. forþon Ælmær
453hi becyrde Cantwaraburh. þe se arcebiscop Ælfeah
454ær generede his life.
455& hi þær þa genaman þone arcebiscop Ælfeah. & Ælfword
456þæt cynges gerefan. & Leofwine abbod. & Godwine
457biscop. & Ælmær abbod hi lætan aweg.
458& hi þær genaman inne ealle þa gehadode menn. & weras. &
459wif. þæt wæs unasecgendlic ænigum menn hu
460mycel þæs folces wæs.
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462þære byrig siððon wæron swa lange swa hi woldon. &
463þa hi hæfdon þa burh ealle asmeade. wendon
464him þa to scipon. & læddon þone arcebiscop mid him;
465VERSE OMITTED
466& hi heafdon þone arcebiscop mid him swa lange oð þone timan
467þe hi hine gemartyredon.
468Her on þissum geare com Eadric ealdorman. & ealle þa
469yldestan witan gehadode & leawede Angelcynnes
470to Lundenbyrig toforan þam Eastron.
471wæs æsterdæg þa on ðam datarum IDus Aprilis .
472& hi þæra ða swa lange wæron oð þæt gafol wæs eall
473gelæst ofer Eastran. þæt wæs viii þusend punda.
474þa on þone Sæternesdæg wearð swiðe gestired se here
475ongean þone biscop. forþan þe he nolde heom nan
476feoh behaten. & forbead þæt man nan þing wið him syllan
477ne moste.
478wæron hi eac swyðe druncene. forþam þær wæs gebroht win
479suðan.
480genamon þa þone biscop. leaddon hine to heora hustinga on
481þone Sunnan efen octabas Paschæ . & hine
482þa þær oftorfodon mid banum. & mid hryðera heafdum.
483& sloh hine þa an heora mid anre æxe yre on þet heafod.
484þet he mid þam dynte niðer asah. & his halige
485blod on ða eorðan feoll. & his þa haligan sawle to Godes
486rice asende.
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488burhwaru underfengon
489þone haligan lichaman on mergen & feredon
490hine to Lundene mid ealre arwurðnisse. & hine bebyrigdon on
491sanctus Paulus mynstre. & þær nu God swutelað
492þæs halgan martires mihta.
493ða þet gafol gelest wæs. & þa frið aðas gesworene. þa
494toferde se here wide swa he ær gegaderod wæs.
495ða bugon to þam cyninge of þam here xlv scipa. & him
496beheton þet hi woldon þisne eard healdan. &
497he hi fedan scolde & scrydan.
498On þam æftran geare þe se arcebiscop wæs gemartyrod. se
499cyng gesætte Lifing biscop to Cantwarabyrig
500to ðam arcestole.
501& on þam ilcan geare toforan þam monðe Augustus com Swegen
502cyning mid his flotan to Sandwic. & wende
503swyðe raðe abutan East Englum. into Humbran muðan. & swa
504uppweard andlang Trentan þet he com to Gegnesburh.
505& þa sona abeah Uhtred eorl. & eall Norðhymbra to him. &
506eall þæt folc on Lindesige. & syððan þet folc
507of Fifburhingan. & raðe þæs eall here be norðan
508Wætlinga stræte. & him man sealde gislas of ælcere scire.
509Syððan he undergeat þet eall folc him to gebogen wæs. þa
510bead he þæt man sceolde his here metian & horsian.
511& he þa gewende syððan suðweard mid fulre fyrde. &
512betæhte his scipa & þa gislas Cnute his sunu.
513& syððan he com ofer Wæclingastræte, hi wrohton þæt
514mæste yfel þe ænig here don mihte.
515wende þa to Oxnaforda. & seo burhwaru sona abeah & gislode. &
516þanon to Winceastre. & þæt ilce dydon.
517wendon þa þanon eastward to Lundene. & mycel his folces
518adranc on Temese. forðam hi nanre brycge ne
519cepton.
520ða he to þære byrig com. þa nolde seo burhwaru abugan ac
521heoldan mid fullan wige ongean. forðan þær
522wæs inne se cyning æþelred. & þurkil mid him.
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524cyning þanon to Wealingaforda. & swa ofer
525Temese westweard to Baðon. & sæt þær mid his fyrde.
526& com Æþelmer ealdorman þider. & þa weasternan þægnas
527mid him. & bugon ealle to Swegene. & gislodon.
528þa he eall þus gefaren heafde. wende þa norðweard to his
529scipon.
530& eall þeodscipe hine heafde for fullne cyning.
531& seo burhwaru æfter þam on Lundene beah & gislode. forþam
532hi ondreddon þæt he hi fordon wolde.
533bead þa Swegen full gild & metsunga to his here þone winter.
534& þurcyl bead þæt ilce to þam here þe
535læg on Grenawic. & buton þam hi hergodan swa oft swa hi
536woldon.
537ða ne duhte naðor þisse þeoda ne suðan. ne norðan.
538þa wæs se cyng sume hwile mid þam flotan þe on Temese
539wæron. & seo hlafdige wende þa ofer seo to hire
540broðor Ricarde. & Ælsige abbot of Burh mid hire.
541& se cyng sende Ælfun biscop mid þam æþelinge Eadwarde. &
542Ælfrede ofer se. þæt he hi bewitan sceolde.
543& se cyng gewende þa fram þam flotan to ðam middan wintra
544to Wihtlande. & wæs þær þa tid.
545& æfter þære tide gewende þa ofer sæ to Ricarde. & wæs
546þær mid him oð ðone byre þe Swegen dead wearð.
547& ða hwile þe seo læfdige mid hire broþer wæs begondon
548sæ. Ælfsige abbot of Burh þe þær wæs mid hire
549for to þone mynstre þe is gehaten Boneual þær sancte
550Florentines lichama læg.
551fand þær ærm stede. ærm abbot & ærme muneces, forþan þe
552hi forhergode wæron.
553bohte þa þær æt þone abbot & æt þe muneces sancte
554Florentines lichaman eall buton þe heafod to v
555hundred punda. & þa þe he ongean com þa offrede hit Crist &
556sancte Peter.
557Her on þissum geare Swegen geendode his dagas to
558candelmæssan iii Nonæ Februarii . & se flota eall
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560cyninge.
561ða geræddan þa witan ealle ge hadode ge læwede þæt man
562æfter þam cyninge æðelrede sende. & cwædon þæt
563him nan leofre hlaford nære þonne heora gecynde hlaford.
564gif he hi rihtlicor healdan wolde þonne
565he ær dyde.
566ða sende se cyng his sunu Eadward mid his ærendracan hider.
567& het gretan ealne his leodscipe.
568& cwæð þæt he heom hold hlaford beon wolde. & ælc þæra
569þinga betan þe hi ealle ascunedon. & ælc þæra
570þinga forgifan beon sceolde þe him gedon oððe
571gecweðen wære. wið þam þe hi ealle anrædlice buton
572swicdome to him gecyrdon.
573& man þa fullne freondscipe gefæstnode mid worde & mid
574wædde on ægðere healfe. & æfre ælcne Deniscne
575cyning utlagede of Englalande gecwædon.
576ða com æðelred cyning innan þam lenctene ham to his agenre
577ðeode. & he glædlice fram heom eallum onfangen wæs.
578& þa syððon Swegen dead wæs. sætt Cnut mid his here on
579Gegnesburh oð ða Eastron. & gewearð him & þam
580folce on Lindesige anes. þæt hi hine horsian sceoldan. &
581syððan ealle ætgædere faran & hergian.
582ða com se cyning æðelred mid fulre fyrde þider ær hi
583gearwe wæron to Lindesige. & mann þa hergode.
584& bærnde & sloh eall þet mancynn þæt man aræcan mihte.
585Se Cnut gewende him ut mid his flotan. & wearð þet earme
586folc þus beswican þurh hine.
587& wænde þa suðweard oð þæt he com to Sandwic. & let
588þær up þa gislas þe his fæder gesealde wæron. &
589cearf of heora handa & heora nosa.
590& buton eallum þisum yfelum se cyning het gyldan þam here
591þe on Grenewic læg xxi þusend punda.
592& on þissum geare on sancte Michæles mæsseæfan. com þet
593mycele sæflod geond wide þisne eard. & ærn
594swa feor up swa næfre ær ne dyde. & adrencte feala tuna. &
595manncynnes unarimædlice geteall.
596On þissum geare wæs þæt mycele gemot on Oxonaforda.
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598þa
599yldestan þægenas into Seofonburgum. bepæhte hi into
600his bure. & hi man þær inne ofsloh ungerisenlice.
601& se cyng þa genam eall heora æhta. & het nimon Sigeferðes
602lafe & gebringon binnon Mealdelmes byrig.
603þa æfter litlum fece ferde Eadmund æðeling to. & genam
604þæt wif ofer þes cynges willan. & heafde him
605to wife.
606ða toforan natiuitas sancte Mariæ ferde se æðeling wæston
607norð into Fifburgum. & gerad sona ealle Sigeferðes
608are & Morcares. & þæt folc eall him tobeah.
609& þa on ðam ylcan timan com Cnut cyng to Sandwic. & wende
610sona abutan Centland into West Seaxen oð
611he com to Fromuðan. & hergode þa on Dorsætum & on
612Wiltunscire. & on Sumærsæton. þa læg se cyng seoc
613æt Cosham.
614ða gaderode Eadric ealdorman fyrde & se æðeling Eadmund be
615norðan.
616ða hi togædere comon. þa wolde se ealdorman beswicon þone
617æþeling. & hi tohwurfon þa buton gefeohte
618forþam. & rimdon heora feondum.
619& Eadric ealdormann aspeon þa xl scipa fram þam cyning.
620& beah þa to Cnute.
621& West Seaxe bugon & gislodon. & horsodon þone here. & he
622wæs þær þa oð midne winter.
623Her on þissum geare com Cnut cyning mid his here clx
624scipa. & Eadirc ealdormann mid him ofer Temese
625into Myrcan æt Cræcilade.
626& wendon þa to Wæringscire innon þære middewintres tide. &
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628þæt hi to comon.
629ða ongan se æðeling Eadmund to gadrienne fyrde.
630þa seo fyrd gesomnod wæs. þa ne onhagode him buton se
631cyng þære wære. & hi hæfdon þære burhware fultum
632of Lundene.
633geswicon þa þære fyrding. & færde ælc mann him ham.
634ða æfter þære tide þa bead mann eft fyrde be fullum wite.
635þæt ælc mann þe feor wære forð gewende.
636& mann sende to þam cyninge to Lundene. & bædon hine þæt
637he come ongean þa fyrde mid þam fultume þe
638he gegaderian mihte.
639ða hi ealle tosomne comon. þa ne beheold hit naht þe ma þe
640hit oftor ær dyde.
641þa cydde mann þam cyninge þæt hine mann beswicon wolde.
642þa þe him on fultume beon sceolden. Forlet
643ða þa fyrde. & cyrde him eft to Lundene.
644ða rad se æþeling Eadmund to Norðhymbran to Vhtrede eorl.
645& wænde ælc mann þæt hi woldon fyrde somnian
646ongean Cnut cyng.
647þa ferdon hi into Stæffordscire. & into Scrobbesbyrig. & to
648Legeceastre.
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650& Cnut on his.
651& wende him þa ut þurh Buccingahamscire into Beadafordscire.
652& þanon to Huntandunscire. andlang fennes
653to Stanforda. & ða into Lincolnescire. þanon to
654Snotingahamscire. & swa to Norðhymbran to Eoforwicweard.
655ða Uhtred geaxode þis. ða forlet he his hergunga & efeste
656norðweard. & beah þa for nede. & ealle Norðhymbran mid him.
657& he gislode. & hine man ðeah hwæðere ofsloh. & þurcytel
658Nafanan sunu mid him.
659& þa æfter þam se cyng Cnut gesætte Yric into
660Norðhymbran to eorle. eall swa Uhtred wæs.
661& syððan wendon him suðweard oðres weges eall be westan. &
662com þa eall se here toforan þam Eastron to scipon.
663& se æþeling Ædmund wende to Lundene to his fæder. & þa
664æfter Eastron wende se cyng Cnut mid eallum
665his scipum to Lundeneweard.
666ða gelamp hit þet se cyng æðelred forðferde ær ða scipu
667comon.
668he geendode his dagas on sanctes Georius mæssedæge æfter
669mycclum geswince. & earfoðnissum his lifes.
670& þa æfter his ende. ealle þa witan þe on Lundene wæron &
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672gecuron Eadmund to cynge. & his
673rice he heardlice werode þa hwile þe his tima wæs.
674þa comon þa scipo to Grenawic to þam gandagum. & binnon
675lytlum fæce wendon to Lundene.
676& dulfon þa ane mycele dic on ða suðhealfe & drogon heora
677scipa on westhealfe þære brycge. & bedicodon
678syððon þa burh uton þæt nan mann ne mihte ne inn ne
679ut.
680& oftrædlice PLUMMER: oft rædlice on ða burh fuhton.
681ac hi heom heardlice wiðstodon.
682þa wæs Eadmund cyng ær þam gewend ut. & gerad þa West
683Seaxan. & him beah eall folc to.
684& raðe æfter þam he gefeaht wið þone here æt Peonnan
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686gefeaht æfter middan sumera æt Sceortstane.
687& þær mycel wæll feoll on ægðre healfe. & þa heres him
688sylfe toeodon on ðam gefeohte.
689& Eadric ealdorman & Ælmær Deorlingc wæron þam here on
690fultume ongean Eadmund cyng.
691& þa gegaderode he iii siðe fyrde & ferde to Lundene. &
692þa burhware ahredde. & þone here aflymde to scipon.
693& þa wæs ymbe twa niht þæt se cyning gewende ofer æt
694Brentforda. & þa wið þone here gefeaht & hine aflymde.
695& þær adranc mycel Ænglisces folces on heora agenre
696gymeleaste. þa ðe ferdon beforan þære fyrde. &
697fang woldon fon.
698& se cyning wende æfter þam to West Seaxan. & his fyrde
699gesomnode.
700ða gewende se here sona to Lundene. & þa burh utone
701besæton. & hire stranglice wiðfeaht ge be wætere
702ge be lande. ac se ælmihtiga God hi ahredde.
703Se here gewende þa æfter þam fram Lundene mid heora scipum
704into Arwan. & þar up foran. & feordon on
705Myrcean. & slogon & bærndon swa hwæt swa hi oferforon. swa
706heora gewuna wæs.
707& heom metes tilodon. & hi drifon ægðer ge scipa. ge heora
708drafa into Medewæge.
709ða gesomnode Eadmund cyng iiii siþe ealle Englaþeode. &
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711Brentforda. & ferde innan Cent.
712& se here him fleah beforan mid hira horsa into Sceapige. & se
713cyng ofsloh heora swa feala swa he offaran mihte.
714& Eadric ealdormann gewende þa ðæne cyng ongean æt Ægeles
715forda. næs nan mare unræd gered þonne se wæs.
716Se here gewende eft up on East Seaxan. & ferde into Myrcean. &
717fordydon eall þæt he oferferde.
718ða se cyng geaxode þæt se here uppe wæs. ða gesomnode he
719v siðe ealle Englaþeode. & ferde him æt
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721East Seaxan æt þere dune þe mann
722hæt Assandun. & þær togædere heardlice fengon.
723ða dyde Eadric ealdormann swa he oftor ær dyde. astealde
724þone fleam ærest mid Magesæton. & swa aswac
725his cynehlaforde. & ealle þeode.
726þær hæfde Cnut sige. & gefeaht him eall Englaland.
727þær wearð ofslagen Eadnoð. & Wulsige abbot. & Ælfric
728ealdorman. & Godwine ealdorman. and Ulfcytel of
729East Englan. & Æðelward Æðelsiges sunu ealdormannes. &
730eall se dugoð on Angelcinne.
731ða æfter þisum gefeohte wende Cnut cing upp mid his here to
732Gleaweceastrescire. þær he geherde secgan
733þet se cyng wæs Eadmund.
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735witan þe ðær wæron
736þæt þa cyningas seht namon heom betweonan. & hi
737gislas sealdon heom betweonan.
738& þa cyningas comon togædere æt Olanige. & heora
739freondscipe þær gefæstnodon. ge mid wedde ge mid aðe.
740& þæt gyld setton wið þone here.
741& hi tohwurfon þa mid þisum sehte. & feng Eadmund cing to
742Weast Seaxan & Cnut to Myrcean.
743Se here gewende þa to scipon mid þam þingum þe hi gefangen
744hæfdon. & Lundenewaru griðede wið þone here.
745& heom frið gebohtan.
746& se here gebrohton heora scipa on Lundene. & heom
747wintersetle þær inne namon.
748ða to sanctus Andreas mæssan forðferde se cyng Eadmund. &
749is byrged mid his ealdan fæder Eadgare on
750Glæstingabyrig.
751& on þam ilcan geare forðferde Wulfgar abbot on Abbandune. &
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753Her on þisum geare feng Cnut cyning to eall Angelcynnes rice.
754& hit todæld on fower. him sylfum West
755Seaxan. & þurcylle East Englan. & Eadrice Myrcean. & Yrice
756Norðhymbran.
757& on þisum geare wæs Eadric ealdormann ofslagen. & Norðman
758Leofwines sunu ealdormannes. & Æðelword
759Æðelmæres sunu þæs grætan. & Brihtric Ælfgetes sunu on
760Dæfenanscire.
761& Cnut cyng aflymde ut Ædwig Æðeling. & Eadwig ceorla cyng.
762& þa to foran kalendæ Augustii het se cyng feccan him
763æðelredes lafe þes oðres cynges him to cwene
764Ricardes dohtor.
765On þisum geare wæs þæt gafol gelæst ofer eall Angelcynn.
766þæt wæs ealles lxxii þusend punda. buton
767þam þe seo burhwaru on Lundene guldon xi þusend punda.
768& se here ferde þa sum to Denmearcon. & xl scipo belaf
769mid þam cyninge Cnute.
770& Dene & Engle wurdon sammæle æt Oxnaforda.
771& her Æðelsige abbot forðferde on Abbandune. & feng
772Æðelwine to.
773Her gewende Cnut cyng to Denmearcon. & þær wunode ealne
774winter.
775Her com Cnut cyng to Englalande.
776& þa on Eastron wæs mycel gemot on Cyrnceastre. þa
777geutlagode mann Æðelword ealdorman.
778& on þissum geare se cyng for to Assandune. & Liuing
779arcebiscop forðferde. & Æðelnoð munuc & decanus
780æt Cristes cyrcan wæs þe ilcan geare þar to gehadod to
781biscop.
782Her on þysum geare Cnut cyng to Martinus mæssan geutlagode
783þurkil eorl.
784Her Cnut cyng for ut mid his scipum to Wiht.
785& Æðelnoð biscop for to Rome. & wæs underfangen þær fram
786Benedicte þam papan myd mycclum wurðsciþe.
787& mid his agenum handum him his pallium onsette. & to
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789gehalgode.
790& he syððan mid þam pallium þær mæssode swa se papa him
791gewissode. & he hine gereordode æfter þam mid
792þam papan. & syððon mid fulre bletsunge ham gewende.
793& Leofwine abbot se wæs unrihtlice of Elig adræfed wæs his
794gefera. & hine þær ælces þinges geclænsode
795þe him mann onsæde. swa se papa him tæhte on þes
796arcebiscopes gewitnesse. & on ealles þæs geferscipes
797þe him mid wæs.
798Her forðferde Wulfstan arcebiscop. & feng Ælfric to. & þæs
799ilcan geares Æðelnoð arcebiscop ferede sancte
800Ælfeges arcebiscop reliquias to Cantwarbyrig of
801Lundene.
802Hic Ricardus secundus obiit. Ricardus filius eius regnauit
803prope uno anno. et post eum regnauit Rodbertus
804frater eius viii annis .
805Her for Cnut cyng to Denmearcon mid scipon to þam holme æt
806ea þære halgan. & þær comon ongean Vlf &
807Eglaf. & swiðe mycel here ægðer ge landhere ge sciphere of
808Swaðeode.
809& þær wæs swiðe feala manna forfaren on Cnutes cynges
810healfe. ægðer ge Deniscra manna ge Engliscra.
811& þa Sweon heafdon weallstowe geweald.
812Her for Cnut cyng of Englalande mid fiftig scipum to Norwegum.
813& adraf Olaf cyning of þam lande. & geahnode him þet land.
814Her com Cnut cyng eft ham to Englalande.
815Her com Olaf cyng eft into Norwegum. & þet folc gegaderode
816him togeanes. & him wið gefuhton. & he wearð þær ofslagen.
817Her for Cnut cyng to Rome. & þy ilcan geare he for to
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819twegen oðre cyningas. Mælbæþe. & Iehmarc.
820Rodbertus comes obiit in peregrinatione. et successit rex
821Willelmus in puerili ætate .
822Her on þissum geare atywde þæt wildefyr. ðe nan mann æror
823nan swylc ne gemunde. & gehwær hit derode
824eac on manegum stowum.
825& on þam ilcan geare forðferde Ælfsige biscop on
826Winceastre. & Ælfwine þæs cynges preost feng þærto.
827Her on þisum geare forðferde Merehwit biscop on Sumersæton.
828& he is bebyrged on Glæstingabyrig.
829Her forðferde Æðeric biscop.
830Her forðferde Cnut cyng æt Sceaftesbyrig. & he is bebyrged
831on Winceastre on Ealdan mynstre.
832& he wæs cyng ofer eall Englaland swyðe neh xx wintra.
833& sona æfter his forsiðe wæs ealra witena gemot on
834Oxnaforda. & Leofric eorl & mæst ealle þa þegenas
835benorðan Temese. & þa liðsmen on Lunden. gecuron Harold
836to healdes ealles Englalandes. him & his
837broðor Hardacnute þe wæs on Denemearcon.
838& Godwine eorl. & ealle þa yldestan menn on West Seaxon.
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840swa hi lengost mihton. ac hi
841ne mihton nan þing ongean wealcan.
842& man gerædde þa þæt Ælfgifu Hardacnutes modor sæte on
843Winceastre mid þæs cynges huscarlum hyra suna.
844& heoldan ealle West Seaxan him to handa. & Godwine eorl
845wæs heora healdest mann.
846Sume men sædon be Harolde þæt he wære Cnutes sunu cynges.
847& Ælfgiue Ælfelmes dohtor ealdormannes. ac
848hit þuhte swiðe ungeleaflic manegum mannum. & he wæs
849þæh full cyng ofer eall Englaland.
850Her man dræfde ut Ælfgife Cnutes cynges lafe. seo wæs
851Hardacnutes cynges modor.
852& heo gesohte þa Baldewines grið be suðan sæ. & he geaf
853hire wununge on Bricge. & he hi mundode. &
854heold þa hwile þe heo þær wæs.
855Her forðferde Æðelnod arcebiscop on kalendæ Novembris .
856& þæs ymbe litel Æðelric biscop on Suð Seaxum.
857& þa toforan Cristes mæssan Brihteh biscop on
858Wigraceastrescire. & raðe þæs ælfric biscop on East Englum.
859& þa feng Eadsige biscop to þam arcebiscoprice. & Grymcytel
860to ðam on Suð Sexum. & Liuing biscop to
861Wigraceastrescire. & to Gleawcestrescire.
862Her forðferde Harold cyng on Oxnaforda on xvi kalendæ
863Aprilis . & he wæs bebyrged æt West mynstre.
864& he weolde Englalandes iiii gear & xvi wucan.
865& on his dagum man geald xvi scipan æt ælcere hamulan
866viii marc. eall swa man ær dyde on Cnutes
867cynges dagum.
868& on þis ilcan geare com Hardacnut cyng to Sandwic vii
869nihtum ær middan sumera.
870& he wæs sona underfangen ge fram Anglum ge fram Denum. þeah
871þe his rædes menn hit syððon strange forguldon.
872ða hi gerædden þet man geald lxii scipon æt
873ælcere hamelan viii marc.
874& on þis ilcan geare eode se sæster hwætes to lv penega
875& eac furðor.
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877punda. and xcix punda. & mann geald syððan xxxii
878scipon xi þusend punda & xlviii punda.
879& On ðis ilcan geare com Eadward Æðelredes sunu cinges
880hider to lande of Weallande. se wæs Hardacnutes
881cynges broðor, hi wæron begen Ælfgiues suna. seo wæs
882Ricardes dohtor eorles.
883Her forðferde Hardacnut cyng æt Lambhyðe on vi idus
884Iunii . & he wæs cyng ofer eall Englaland twa
885gear buton x nihtum. & he is bebyrged on Ealdan mynstre on
886Winceastre mid Cnute cynge his fæder.
887& ear þan þe he bebyrged wære. eall folc geceas Eadward to
888cynge on Lundene. healde þa hwile þe him
889God unne.
890& eall þæt gear wæs swiðe hefig time on manegum þingum. &
891mislicum. ge on unwæderum. ge on eorðwæstmum.
892& swa mycel orfes wæs þæs geares forfaren. swa nan man ær
893ne gemunde. ægðer ge þurh mistlice coða ge
894þurh ungewyderu.
895On þis ilcan tyme forðferde Ælfsine abbot of Burh. &
896man ceas þa Arnwi munec to abbod. forþan þe he
897wæs swiðe god man & swiðe bilehwit.
898Her wæs Æðward gehalgod to cyng on Winceastre on æsterdæg
899mid mycclum wurðscipe. & þa wæron Eastron
900on iii Nonæ Aprilis .
901Eadsige arcebiscop hine halgode. & foran eallum folce hine
902well lærde. & to his agenre neode. & ealles
903folces well monude.
904& Stigand preost wæs gebletsod to biscope to East Englum.
905& raðe þæs se cing let geridan ealle þa land þe his modor
906ahte him to handa. & nam of hire eall þæt
907heo ahte on golde & on seolfre. & on unasecgendlicum þingum.
908forþan heo hit heold to feste wið hine.
909Her Eadsige arcebiscop forlet þet biscoprice for his
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911& bletsode þær to Siward abbot of
912Abbandune to biscope be þæs cynges læfe & ræda. &
913Godwines eorles.
914hit wæs elles feawum mannum cuð ær hit gedon wæs. forþan
915se arcebiscop wende þæt hit sum oðer mann
916abiddan wolde oððe gebicgean. þe he his wyrs truwude and
917uðe. gif hit ma manna wiste.
918& On þisum wæs swyðe mycel hungor ofer Englaland. & corn
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920sester hwætes eode to lx penega. & eac furðor.
921& þæs ylcan geares se cyng for ut to Sandwic mid xxxv
922scipon.
923& Æðelstan cyriceweard feng to ðam abbotrice æt Abbandune.
924& Stigand feng to his biscoprice.
925Her nam Ædward cyng Godwines dohtor eorles him to cwene.
926& on þis ilcan geare forðferde Brihtwold biscop. & he heold
927þæs biscoprices xxxviii wintra. & Hereman
928þes cynges preost feng to þam biscoprice.
929& on þysum geare man halgode Wulfric to abbot æt Sancte
930Augustine to Cristes mæssan on Stephanes mæssedæg
931be þes cynges gelæfan & Ælfstanes abbotes for his
932mycelre untrumnysse.
933Her forðferde Liuing biscop on Defenascire. & Leofric feng
934þærto se wæs þæs cynges preost.
935And on þisum ilcan geare forðferde Ælfstan abbot æt Sancte
936Augustine iii nonæ IVLII . & on þis ilcan
937geare wearð aflemed ut Osgot Clapa.
938Her forðferde Grymkytel biscop on Suð Sexum. & feng Heca
939ðes cynges preost þærto.
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941Ælfwine biscop on Winceastre.
942on iiii kalendæ Septembris . & feng Stigand
943biscop benorðan þærto.
944& on ðam ilcan geare ferde Swegen eorl ut to Baldewines lande
945to Brycge, & wunode þær ealne winter.
946& wende þa to sumere ut.
947Bellum apud Uallium Dunas.
948Her forðferde Æþelstan abbot on Abbandune. and feng
949Spearhafoc munuc to of Sancte Eadmundesbyrig.
950& on þis ilcan geare forðferde Siward biscop. & feng Eadsige
951arcebiscop eft to eallum þam biscop rice.
952& on þis ilcan geare comon to Sandwic. Loðen & Yrling mid
953xxv scipon. & namon þær unasecgendlice
954herehuðe. on mannum & on golde & on seolfre, þet nan man
955nyste hwæt þæs ealles wes.
956& wendon þa onbuton Tenet. & woldon þær þet ilce don. ac
957þet landfolc hardlice wiðstodon. & forwerndon
958heom ægðer ge upganges ge wæteres.
959& aflymdon hi þanon mid ealle. & hi wendon heom þanon to
960East Seaxan. & hergodon þær & namon menn.
961& swa hwæt swa hi findan mihtan.
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963east to Baldewinesland. & sealdon þær
964þet hi gehergod hæfdon. & ferdon heom syððon
965east þanon þe hi ær comon.
966Her on þisum geare wæs se myccla synoð æt Sancte Remei.
967ðær wæs on Leo se papa. & se arcebiscop of Burgundia. & se
968arcebiscop of Bysincun. & se arcebiscop
969of Treueris. & se arcebiscop of Remis. & manig mann þærto ge
970hadode ge læwede.
971& Edward cyng sende þider Dudocc biscop. & Wilfric abbot of
972Sancte Augustine. & Elfwine abbot. þæt
973hi sceolden þam cynge cyðan hwæt þær to Cristendome
974gecoren wære.
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976cyng ut to Sandwic mid
977mycclan sciphere. & com Swegn eorl in mid
978vii scipon to Bosenham. & griðode wið þone cyng.
979& behet man him þæt he moste wurðe beon ælc þæra
980þinga þe he ær ahte.
981ða wiðlæg Harold eorl his broðor & Beorn eorl, þæt he ne
982moste beon nan þæra þinga wurðe þe se cyng
983him geunnen hæfde. ac sette man him iiii nihta grið to
984his scipon.
985ða wearð hit under þam þet þam cynge com word þæt
986unnfrið
987scipa lægen bewestan and hergodon.
988ða gewende Godwine eorl west onbuton mid þes cynges
989ii scipum. þam anan steorde Harold eorl. & þam
990oðran Tostig his broðor. & landesmanna scipa xlii.
991þa scyfte man Harold eorl up þæs cynges scipe þe Harold
992eorl ær steorde. þa gewendon hi west to Peuenesea.
993& lægen þær wederfeste.
994þa þes binnon ii dagum. þa com Swegen eorl þider. &
995spec wið his feder & wið Beorn eorl. & bed Beorn
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997cynge to Sandwic. &
998fylstan him to þæs cynges freondscipe.
999& he þæs tiðode.
1000gewendon heom þa swylce hi woldon to ðam cynge.
1001ða amang þam þe hi ridon. þa bæd Swegen hine þet he
1002sceolde faran mid him to his scipon. tealde þæt
1003his sciperes woldon wændon fram him buton he þe raðor
1004come.
1005Hi gewendon þa begen þær his scipu lægen.
1006þa hi þyder comon. þa bæd Swegen eorl hine þæt he
1007sceolde gewendon mid him to scipe.
1008he forweornde swiðe. swa lange oð his sciperes gefengon
1009hine. & wurpon hine on þone bat. & bundon hine.
1010& reowan to scipe. & dydon hine þær on.
1011tugon þa up heora segel. & urnon west to Axamuðan. & hæfdon
1012hine mid heom. oð þet hi ofslogon hine.
1013& namon þone lichaman. & bebyrgedon innan anre cyrican.
1014& comon þa his freond & litsmen of Lundene. & namon hine up.
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1016Ealdanmynstre. & he is þær byrged wið Cnut cyng his eam.
1017& Swegen gewende þa east to Baldewineslande. & sæt þær
1018ealne winter on Brycge mid his fullan griðe.
1019& on þam ylcan geare forðferde Eadnoð biscop benorðan. &
1020sette man Ulf to biscop.
1021Her on þisum geare wæs mycel gemot on Lundene to midfestene.
1022& man sette ut ix litsmanna scipa. &
1023fif belifan wið æftan.
1024& on þysum ilcan geare com Swegen eorl into Englalande.
1025& on þysum ilcan geare wæs se mycele sinoð on Rome. &
1026Eadward cyng sende þider Hereman biscop. & Ealdred
1027biscop. & hi comon þyder on Easteræfen.
1028& eft se papa hæfde sinoð on Uercel. & Vlf biscop com
1029þærto. & forneah man sceolde tobrecan his stef,
1030gif he ne sealde þe mare gersuman. forðan he ne cuðe don
1031his gerihte swa wel swa he sceolde.
1032& on þisum geare forðferde Eadsige arcebiscop iiii
1033kalendæ Novembris .
1034Her on þisum geare Eadward cyng gesette Rodbyrd on Lundene to
1035arcebiscop to Cantwarabyrig on Lengtene.
1036& þæs sylfan Lentenes he for to Rome æfter his pallium.
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1038geaf þet biscoprice on Lundene Sparhafoc abbot of
1039Abbandune. & se cyng geaf þæt abbotrice
1040Roðulfe biscop his mæge.
1041ða com se arcebiscop fram Rome ane dæge ær sanctus Petrus
1042mæsseæfene. & gesæt his arcebiscop stol æt
1043Cristescyrcean on sanctus Petrus mæssedæg. & sona þæs to
1044þam cyng gewænde.
1045ða com Sparhafoc abbod be wege to him mid þæs cynges
1046gewrite & insegle. to þan þet he hine hadian
1047sceolde to biscop into Lundene. þa wiðcweð se arcebiscop. &
1048cwæð þet se papa hit him forboden hæfde.
1049þa gewende se abbod ongean þone arcebiscop eft to ðam, &
1050þær þes biscophades gernde. & se arcebiscop
1051him anrædlice forwernde. & cwæð þet se papa hit him
1052forboden hæfde.
1053ða gewende se abbod to Lundene. & sæt on þam biscoprice þe
1054se cyng him ær geunnan hæfde be his fulre
1055leafe ealne þone sumor & þone hærfest.
1056& com þa Eustatius fram geondan sæ sona æfter þam biscop.
1057& gewende to ðam cynge. & spæc wið hine þæt
1058þæt he þa wolde. & gewende þa hamweard.
1059þa he com to Cantwarbyrig east þa snædde he þær & his
1060menn. & to Dofran gewende.
1061ða he wæs sume mila oððe mare beheonan Dofran. þa dyde he
1062on his byrnan. & his geferan ealle. & foran to Dofran.
1063þa hi þider comon. þa woldon hi innian hi þær heom sylfan
1064gelicode.
1065þa com an his manna. & wolde wician æt anes bundan huse his
1066unðances. & gewundode þone husbundon. &
1067se husbunda ofsloh þone oðerne.
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1069his gefeoran uppon
1070heora & ferdon to þam husbundon. & ofslogon
1071hine binnan his agenan heorðæ.
1072& wendon him þa up to þære burgeweard. & ofslogon ægðer
1073ge wiðinnan ge wiðutan. ma þanne xx manna.
1074& þa burhmen ofslogon xix menn on oðre healfe. &
1075gewundoden þæt hi nystan hu fela.
1076& Eustatius ætbærst mid feawum mannum. & gewende ongean to
1077þam cynge. & cydde be dæle hu hi gefaren
1078hæfdon.
1079& wearð se cyng swiþe gram wið þa burhware. & ofsænde se
1080cyng Godwine eorl. & bæd hine faran into Cent
1081mid unfriða to Dofran. forþan Eustatius hæfde gecydd
1082þam cynge þet hit sceolde beon mare gylt þære
1083burhwaru þonne his.
1084ac hit næs na swa. & se eorl nolde na geðwærian þære
1085infare. forþan him wæs lað to amyrrene his agenne folgað.
1086ða sende se cyng æfter eallon his witan. & bead heom cuman
1087to Gleaweceastre neh þære æftre sancte Maria mæssan.
1088þa hæfdon þa welisce menn gewroht ænne castel on
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1090on Swegenes eorles folgoðe. & wrohten
1091ælc þæra harme. & bismere þæs cynges mannan þær
1092abutan þe hi mihton.
1093ða com Godwine eorl & Swegen eorl & Harold eorl togædere æt
1094Byferesstane. & manig mann mid heom. to
1095ðon þæt hi woldon faran to heora cynehlaforde. & to þam
1096witan eallon þe mid him gegaderode wæron.
1097þæt hi þæs cynges ræd hæfdon & his fultum. & ealra
1098witena. hu hi mihton þæs cynges bismer awrecan &
1099ealles þeodscipes.
1100ða wæron þa wælisce men ætforan mid þam cynge. &
1101forwregdon ða eorlas. þet hi ne moston cuman on his
1102eagon gesihðe. Forðan hi sædon þæt hi woldon cuman
1103þider for þes cynges swicdome.
1104Wæs þær cuman Siward eorl & Leofric eorl. & mycel folc mid
1105heom norþan to þam cynge. & wæs þam eorle
1106Godwine & his sunan gecydd þæt se cyng & þa menn þe mid
1107him wæron. woldon rædon on hi. & hi trymedon
1108hi fæstlice ongean. þæh him lað wære þæt hi ongean
1109heora cynehlaford standan sceoldan.
1110ða gerædden þa witan on ægðer halfe þæt man ða ælces
1111yfeles geswac. & geaf se cyng Godes grið & his
1112fulne freondscipe on ægðre healfe.
1113ða gerædde se cyning & his witan þæt man sceolde oðre
1114syðan habban ealra gewitena gemot on Lundene
1115to hærfestes emnihte.
1116& het se cyning bannan ut here. ægðer ge besuðan Temese ge
1117benorðan eall þæt æfre betst wæs.
1118ða cwæð man Swegen eorl utlah. & stefnode man Godwine eorle
1119& Harolde eorle to þon gemote swa raðe
1120swa hi hit gefaran mihton.
1121þa hi þider ut comon TORONTO CORPUS: utcomon . þa
1122stefnede heom man to gemote. þa
1123gyrnde he griðes & gisla. þet he moste unswican
1124into gemote cuman. & ut of gemote.
1125ða gyrnde se cyng ealra þæra þegna þe þa eorlas ær
1126hæfdon. & hi letan hi ealle him to handa.
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1128comon mid xii mannum into þæs cynges ræde.
1129þa geornde se eorl eft griðes & gisla. þæt he moste hine
1130betellan æt ælc þæra þinga þe him man on lede.
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1132gisla. & sceawede him mann v
1133nihta grið ut of lande to farenne TORONTO CORPUS:
1134tofarenne .
1135& gewende þa Godwine eorl & Swegen eorl to Bosenham & scufon
1136ut heora scipu. & gewendon heom begeondan
1137sæ. & gesohton Baldewines grið. & wunodon þær ealne
1138þone winter.
1139& Harold eorl gewende west to Yrlande. & wæs þær ealne
1140þone winter on þes cynges griðe.
1141& sona þæs þe þis wæs. þa forlet se cyng þa hlæfdian.
1142seo wæs gehalgod him to cwene. & let niman of
1143hire eall þæt heo ahte. on lande. & on golde. & on seolfre
1144& on eallon þingon. & betæhte hy his swyster to Hwerwillon.
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1146on Lundene. & wes Willelm þæs cynges preost
1147gehadod þærto.
1148& man sette þa Oddan to eorle ofer Defenascire. & ofer
1149Sumersæton. & ofer Dorseton. & ofer Wealas.
1150& mann sette Ælfgar Leofrices sunu eorles ðane eorldom on
1151handa þe Harold ær ahte.