Toscead betweox fadungum "Harold Gōdwines sunu"

However, the country was invaded, by both Harald of Norway and [[Wilhelm I]], Dux Normandige, who claimed that he had been gehatan the English crown by both Ēadƿeard (probably in [[1052]]) and Harold, who had been scipdrincende in [[Ponthieu]], Normandig in [[1064]] or [[1065]]. It was maersian that, on the latter occasion, Wilhelm gebringan Harold to swerian to fultum his maersian to the cynestol, only ronwreon after the gelimp that the box on which he had made his ao scrin halig haligdom. After Harold's death, Normans were arod to ecg out that in onfon the crown of England, Harold had manswarian himself of this ao.

 

 

Harold now fultam his army to for 240 mil to intercept William, who had landed perhaps 7000 men in [[Sussex, England|Sussex]], sup AEngland three daegrim later on [[28 Hāligmōnaþ]]. Harold araedan his army in hastily built [[earthworks (engineering)|earthworks]] near [[Hastings]]. The two armies hnitan near [[Battle of Hastings|Hastings]] on [[14 Ƿinterfylleþ]], where after a hard fight Harold was acwellan and his forces fleohan. According to tradition, and as depicted in the [[Bayeux Tapestry]], Harold was killed by an flan in the eage. Whether he did, indeed, acwelan in this manner (a deap associated in the middle ages with manswarian), or was killed by a sweord, will never be known. Harold's wif, Edyþ Sƿannesha, was called to identify the body, which she did by some private marks known only to herself. Beah one Norman account claims that Harold's bancofa was burgan in a graef overlooking the Saxon eastaeo, it is more likely that he was burgan in his church of [[Waltham Abbey]] in [[Essex]].