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

And then there is Rosemary Goring's After Flodden, another real treat.

From The Guardian • Jul. 14, 2013

Coldstream Civic Week stages a spectacular, moving ride out to the battlefield itself, just over the Tweed and the English border at Branxton, where the 'Coldstreamer' lays a wreath at the Flodden Memorial.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2013

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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