See also:EDRED (EADRED)
, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of the See also:English (d
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955), was the youngest son of See also:Edward the See also:Elder and his wife Eadgifu
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He succeeded his See also:brother See also:Edmund in the See also:year 946 and at this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time received the formal submission both of the Northumbrians and Scots
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In the next year See also:Edred himself went to Tanshelf, near
4 For the Jewish hatred of See also:Edom in later times see the See also:book of See also:Enoch Ixxxix
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11-12; See also:Jubilees, See also:xxxvii
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22 seq., and on the Talmudic See also:custom of applying to the See also:Romans the references to Edom or See also:Esau, see Jewish Ency. vol. v. p
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41
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5 Ob
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8; Jer. xlix
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7 sqq.; See also:Baruch iii
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22, cf. t See also:Kings iv
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30; see also See also:JOB
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See also:Pontefract, in See also:Yorkshire, where he received from See also:Wulfstan, See also:arch-See also:bishop of See also:York, and the Northumbrian " See also:witan " See also:confirmation of their submission
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Shortly after they threw their pledges to the winds and took the See also:Norwegian See also:Eric Bloodaxe, son of Harold Fairhair (See also:Harald Harfagar), as their king
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Edred recklessly ravaged all See also:Northumbria in revenge, burning See also:Ripon during his See also:march
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On his return See also:home Edred's rearguard was attacked at See also:Castleford, and the infuriated king once more turned to ravage Northumbria, which was only saved by its See also:- ABANDONMENT (Fr. abandonnement, from abandonner, to abandon, relinquish; abandonner was originally equivalent to mettred banddn, to leave to the jurisdiction, i.e. of another, bandon being from Low Latin bandum, bannum, order, decree, " ban ")
abandonment of Eric and by See also:compensation made to Edred
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See also:Archbishop Wulfstan seems to have been a centre of disaffection in the See also:north, and in 952 Edred caused him to be imprisoned in the See also:castle of " Judanburh," while in the same year the king, in revenge for the slaying of See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
Abbot Eadelm, slew many of the citizens of See also:Thetford
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After the brief See also:rule of Anlaf Cuaran in Northumbria, Eric was once more restored, probably in 950, only to be expelled again in 953 or 954, when Edred took the Northumbrian See also:kingdom into his own hands
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In the same year Wulfstan was liberated and appointed to the Mercian bishopric of See also:Dorchester
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Edred died on the 23rd of See also:November 955 at See also:Frome, in See also:Somersetshire, and was buried in the old See also:minster at See also:Winchester
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During the whole of his See also:life Edred was troubled by See also:ill-See also:health, a fact which may help to explain some of the more passionate acts of violence attributed to him
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The king was throughout his life on terms of See also:personal intimacy with St See also:Dunstan, and his public policy was largely guided by that See also:prelate and by his own See also:mother Eadgifu
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