Æthelwulf
Britishnoun
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It was farther off from the main points of attack, and had the incalculable advantage of a succession of capable kings: Egbert, Æthelwulf, and—at the time of our story—Alfred.
From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster
While there was so little cohesion between the parts of the same kingdoms, there was no cohesion at all between the different kingdoms over which Æthelwulf exercised a nominal over-lordship.
From Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain by Allen, Grant
The wolf and the raven were sacred animals, and have left their memory in many places, as well as in such personal titles as Æthelwulf, the noble wolf.
From Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain by Allen, Grant
Under Æthelwulf, Alfred’s father, Winchester had become the chief city of England; for while the other kingdoms went down before the Northern pirates, Wessex still stood its ground.
From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster
Four days after that there was another battle at Reading ... where the Danes had the better of it, and Æthelwulf was killed.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham
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