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Egbert

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Eg·bert  (gbrt) Died 839.
West Saxon king (802-839) who became the first overlord of all the English peoples (829).
Egbert [ˈɛgbɜːt]
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(Biographies / Egbert (?775-839) M, English, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) ?775-839 ad, king of Wessex (802-839); first overlord of all England (829-830)
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Noun1.EgbertEgbert - king of Wessex whose military victories made Wessex the most powerful kingdom in England (died in 839)


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Now there had been great doings that morning, for a certain yeoman named Egbert, who came from Stoke over in Staffordshire, had thrown with ease all those that came against him; but a man of Denby, well known through all the countryside as William of the Scar, had been biding his time with the Stoke man; so, when Egbert had thrown everyone else, stout William leaped into the ring.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Pyle, Howard View in context
Egbert, my eldest (twelve), is the boy who sent out his pocket-money, to the amount of five and threepence, to the Tockahoopo Indians.
Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context
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