Ethelwulf
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"My lord," he said, "this thing to which the witness swears is a gold piece of Ethelwulf of Wessex, by far the commonest and cheapest gold coin of the whole Anglo-Saxon period."
From The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories by Allen, Grant
I had bought a common Anglo-Saxon coin, probably an Ethelwulf, valued at about twenty-two shillings, from the old Lichfield ploughman.
From The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories by Allen, Grant
In due time Ethelwulf and Alfred came back from Rome to Wessex where great troubles awaited them.
From A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. by Edwards, Clayton
And Ethelwulf soon died, leaving the small part of his kingdom which he had continued to rule to his son, Ethelbert.
From A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. by Edwards, Clayton
In the same year, king Ethelwulf sent his son Alfred, above-named, to Rome, with an honourable escort both of nobles and commoners.
From Old English Chronicles by Various
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