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Ellendun
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Old English
Proper noun
Ellendūn f
ang Allington place co/Wiltshire cc/England, site of the Battle of Ellendun
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
ang An. DCCCXXIII Hēr wæs Wāla ġefeoht ⁊ Defna æt Gafulforda. ⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare ġefeaht Eċġbryht cyning ⁊ Beornwulf cyning on Ellendūne, ⁊ Eċġbryht siġe nam, ⁊ þǣr wæs myċel wæl ġeslæġen. Year 823 In this year there was a battle between the Welsh and the Devons at Gafulford. And in the same year Kings Edgebright and Beornwulf fought at Allington, and Edgebright wtook the victory, and there was great carnage.
Declension
Ellendūn sg
References
Ellen-dún 9235