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Dægsan stán

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Dægsan stán, Degsa-stán, Dæg-stán,es; m. [Flor. Hunt. Degsastan: the stone of Degsa]
DAWSTON or Dalston, Cumberland; loci nomen in agro Cumbriæ
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  • Hér Ægþan Scotta cyng feaht wið Dælreoda, and wið Æðelferþe, Norþhymbra cynge, æt Dægstáne [Dægsan stáne,

    • Th. 37,
      • 26
    ], and man ofslóh mǽst ealne his here

    in this year [A. D. 603] Ægthan king of the Scots fought against the Dalreods, and against Æthelfrith, king of the Northumbrians, at Dawston, and almost all his army was slain,

    • Chr. 603
      • ;
    • Th. 36, 24-29, col. 1
      • .

  • Wæs ðis gefeoht geworden on ðære mǽran stówe ðe cweden is Degsastán

    this battle was fought in the famous place which is called Dawston,

    • Bd. 1,
      • 34;
    • S. 499,
      • 32.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “Dægsan stán.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/7355.

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