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Æðel-wulf

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Æðel-wulf, es; m. [æðele noble, wulf a wolf]
Æthelwulf; Æthelwulfus; eldest son of Egbert and father of Alfred the Great. Æthelwulf was king of Wessex, from A. D. 837 (v. Ecg-bryht) -855
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  • A.D. 837 [MS. 836], hér, Ecgbryht cyning forþférde, and féng Æðelwulf his sunu to Westseaxna ríce

    here, A. D. 837, king Ecgbryht died, and Æthelwulf his son succeeded to the kingdom of the West Saxons,

    • Chr. 836; Th. 117, 34, col. 1
    • .
  • A. D. 855, her, Æðelwulf cyning gefór

    here, A. D. 855, king Æthelwulf died.

    • Chr. 855; Erl. 68, 24
    • .
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