Beadu Osfeld
(Edlǣded of Battle of Asfeld)
Sēo Beadu Osfeld ƿæs gefuhten on 552 betƿēonan Langbeardas and Gifðas. Þā Langbeardas herias ƿǣron gelǣdde fram Eadƿine. Þa Langbeardas geƿann þā beadƿe, and Þyrsmod Þyrssƿiþes sunu ƿæs geslæġen. Jordanes spicþ, mara þonne 60,000 cempan betƿeonan ba þa hergum ƿæron gecƿeald.[1]
Beadu Osfeld | |||||||
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Feohtend | |||||||
Langbeardas | Gifðas | ||||||
Commanders | |||||||
Eadƿine Cyning Ælfƿine Æþeling |
Þyrssƿiþ Cyning Þyrsmod Æþeling † | ||||||
Dēaðas | |||||||
Ungecnawen | Hefig |
Fruman
adihtan- ↑ Jordanes, Romana, 386–387, quoted in Maenchen-Helfen 1973, p. 148