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    himself, tying the duchy more closely to the Lombard capital of Pavia. King Beorna of East Anglia dies. Prince Æthelred, descendant of the late king Rædwald...
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    Beonna (also known as Beorna) was King of East Anglia from 749. He is notable for being the first East Anglian king whose coinage included both the ruler's...
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    "well of Beorna", where Beorna is a name meaning "warrior". This etymology is however largely speculative – since no references to a "well of beorna" exist...
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  • e]ard hæfþ oftust on fenne ƿexeð on ƿature, ƿundaþ grimme blode breneð beorna gehƿẏlcne ðe him ænigne onfeng gedeþ. Reading the rune as eolhx (as discussed...
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  • set sail Beowulf 211–223 Seamus Heaney's verse                           Beornas gearwe on stefn stigon;     streamas wundon, sund wið sande;     secgas...
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    wæs on ýðum Tíme pàssed a|wáy. On the tíde | flóated bát under beorge· beornas gearwe under bánk | their bóat. In her bóws | móunted on stefn stigon bráve...
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    the origin of the name Bicester. It may be derived from a personal name Beorna and it may mean the 'Fort of the Warriors' or be Latin for Bi-cester, which...
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  • Translation and Commentary Fyrst forð gewát· flota wæs on ýðum bát under beorge· beornas gearwe on stefn stigon· stréamas wundon sund wið sande· secgas bǽron on...
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    Oundle. The villages name origin is uncertain. 'Warrior's spring/stream', 'Beorna's spring/stream' or 'burial-place spring/stream'. The 2001 census showed...
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    1999 verse Fyrst forð gewat; | flota wæs on yðum, bat under beorge. | Beornas gearwe on stefn stigon, — | strēamas wundon, sund wið sande; | secgas bæron...
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    when they disembark in Denmark: The watchman is a "noble warrior" (guð-beorna) who, after listening to Beowulf's explanation of his voyage, directs his...
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  • himself, tying the duchy more closely to the Lombard capital of Pavia. King Beorna of East Anglia dies. Prince Æthelred, descendant of the late king Rædwald...
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  • wiþ þe sceolde for unc anum twam ærendspræce abeodan bealdlice, swa hit beorna ma uncre wordcwidas widdor ne mænden. I was along the sand, near the seawall...
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