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Senlac

American  
[sen-lak] / ˈsɛn læk /

noun

  1. a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.


Senlac British  
/ ˈsɛnlæk /

noun

  1. a hill in Sussex: site of the Battle of Hastings in 1066

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Even so, Harold's defenders almost snatched victory at Hastings, on the hill called Senlac.

From Time Magazine Archive

Montague-Smith traces the line through Harold's daughter Gytha, who after the fateful day at Senlac Hill wandered to Denmark, where she met and married Volodymyr Monomakh, Grand Prince of Kiev.

From Time Magazine Archive

This has happened every autumn since Senlac fight.’

From Rewards and Fairies by Kipling, Rudyard

It was told of Harold that he was not slain at Senlac, and that he would yet come back to lead his countrymen against the hated Normans.

From The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology by Hartland, Edwin Sidney

On 14th October William marched northwards to meet Harold, and the famous Battle of Hastings, or Senlac, was fought.

From Hastings and Neighbourhood by Higgins, Walter