Flodden

American

[flod-n] / ˈflɒd n /

noun

a hill in NE England, in Northumberland county: the invading Scots were disastrously defeated here by the English, 1513.

Flodden British

/ ˈflɒdən /

noun

Also called: Flodden Field. a hill in Northumberland where invading Scots were defeated by the English in 1513 and James IV of Scotland was killed

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“Sir Walter Scott wrote in his 1808 poem Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field: ‘Oh, what a tangled web we weave — when first we practice to deceive.’

From Washington Times • Feb. 9, 2022

The incident occurred on Thursday at a home in the 4300 block of Flodden Court in Woodbridge, according to Prince William County police.

From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2019

Flodden on 9 September 1513 was one of Scotland's worst defeats in battle against the English.

From BBC • Aug. 10, 2013

Thereafter came to the disastrous defeat at Flodden, the execution of Mary Queen of Scots and then the doomed Jacobite rebellion, which culminated in the tragedy of Culloden and the ensuing English atrocities.

From The Guardian • Mar. 28, 2011

There was no visible line between Scotland and England, although Flodden and Bannockburn had been fought about it.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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