"The Battle of Brunanburh" is a 73-line Old English poem vividly recounting a 937 battle between Norsemen and Scots against West Saxons and Mercians, possibly written by an eyewitness.
The Old English poem "The Battle of Brunanburh" is a 73-line vivid account of a 937 battle between Norsemen/Scots and West Saxons/Mercians, possibly by an eyewitness.
| Front | the battle of brunabura |
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| Back | an old English poem 73 lines giving an account of battle which took place in 937 between the army of Norsemen and Scots and another of west Saxons and merciuans. it is a vivid account , perhaps by an eyewitness of the battle Tennyson, wrote a version of the battle of brunabura in modern verse. |
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