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Ecg-bryht

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Ecg-bryht, -briht, -berht, -byrht, es; m. [ecg edge, sword; bryht bright, excellent] Egbert; Ecgbryhtus; king of Wessex for thirty-seven years and seven months, from A.D. 800-837. Egbert chose Swithun [v. Swíþhún] for the preceptor to his son Æðelwulf, the heir to the throne of Wessex
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  • Hér, A.D. 800, Ecgbryht féng to Wesseaxna ríce here, A.D. 800,

    Egbert succeeded to the kingdom of the West-Saxons,

    • Chr. 800
    • ;
    • Erl. 60,
    • 4.
  • Hér, A.D. 837 [MS. 836], Ecgbryht cyning forþférde, se rícsode xxxvii wintra and vii mónþas here, A.D. 837,

    king Egbert died, who reigned thirty-seven years and seven months,

    • Chr. 836
    • ;
    • Th. 117, 25, col. 1
    • .
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