Eadmund Aetheling,
Life-long glory
In battle won,
With edges of swords
At Brunanburh:
which gives us the oldest name of the field of battle. Then we have—
The foes lay low,
The Scots people
And the shipmen,
Death-doomed fell;
Eadmund Aetheling,
Life-long glory
In battle won,
With edges of swords
At Brunanburh:
which gives us the oldest name of the field of battle. Then we have—
The foes lay low,
The Scots people
And the shipmen,
Death-doomed fell;