Definition of Byrhtnoth. Meaning of Byrhtnoth. Synonyms of Byrhtnoth

- Byrhtnoth (Old English: Byrhtnoð), Ealdorman of Es**** (c. 931 - 11 August 991), died at the Battle of Maldon. His name is composed of the Old English...
- Blackwater in Es****, England, during the reign of Æthelred the Unready. Earl Byrhtnoth and his thegns led the English against a Viking invasion. The battle ended...
- reached by a causeway. A Viking messenger offers Byrhtnoth peace if he will consent to pay tribute. Byrhtnoth angrily refuses, telling the messenger that he...
- among other noblemen, notably Æthelwine, Ealdorman of East Anglia, and Byrhtnoth, ealdorman of Es****. In the end, Edward's supporters proved the more powerful...
- Tolkien felt acutely the error made by the English commander, the ealdorman Byrhtnoth, at the Battle of Maldon, allowing the Vikings to step as**** and win...
- Garden of Eden. Others have likened Fëanor to the Anglo-Saxon leader Byrhtnoth whose foolish pride led to defeat and death at the Battle of Maldon. Tom...
- (died c. 1002). Ælfflæd was married to Byrhtnoth, who probably succeeded her father as ealdorman of Es****. Byrhtnoth was killed at the Battle of Maldon in...
- the English leader Byrhtnoth for overconfidently giving ground to the enemy: the disastrous mistake led to defeat and Byrhtnoth's death. Scholars have...
- (d. c. 1006) Ælfric, ealdorman of Hampshire Æthelweard the Chronicler Byrhtnoth, ealdorman of Es**** (d. 991) Eadric Streona, ealdorman of the Mercians...
- battle site of Northey Island and the Causeway) of the slain Saxon warrior Byrhtnoth. According to the Domesday Book of 1086, there were 54 households and...