The entry for 750 in the Chronicle D reads "Her Cudred Waestseaxna cyning gefeaht wid aedelhun pone ofermodigan ealdormann" (Microfiche 321)--"Here Cuthred, king of the West Saxons, fought with Aethelhun, that ofermodigan
ealdorman." Just as Lucifer did, Aethelhun rebels against his rightful lord, and the Chronicler ascribes this rebellion to his ofermod.
Nor does Barrow mention, for instance, the late ninth-century inscription in the Codex Aureus of Christ Church, which records its purchase from Viking raiders by an
ealdorman of Surrey.
As Jeff Watkin points out, this may reflect the latter's higher status; while she was from the royal house of Wessex, her husband was a mere
ealdorman.
Led by their
ealdorman, Byrhtnoth, they faced up to a larger Viking force at the River Blackwater.
OE ic eom Apollonius se tirisca
ealdorman), the Prince of Tyr (1393).
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Ealdorman Brithnoth, the 68-year-old warrior who fought the Viking invasion, and lost, in 991AD.
The small number of surviving manuscripts might seem to argue against any widespread circulation of texts, but Pratt provides counter arguments for the effectiveness of Alfred's campaign to improve the literacy of his
ealdorman and thegns as well as his bishops.
She shows how the monastic writers of Ramsey contrasted the recent evil perpetrated by a nobleman with an idealized depiction of their noble co-founder
Ealdorman AEthelwine, whom they linked with biblical heroes.
In 991
Ealdorman Brihtnoth was killed at the famous battle of Maldon in Essex by a Viking host under Olaf Tryggvason, a Norwegian who returned to plunder the north-east in 993.
[In this same year, Alfred, king of the Anglo-Saxons, restored the city of London splendidly--after so many towns had been burned and so many people slaughtered--and made it habitable again; he entrusted it to the care of AEthelred,
ealdorman of the Mercians.
The ruling class was the
ealdorman and thanes, there were freeholders, holding their own land and other freemen such as tradesmen, craftsmen, merchants and clergy.