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ealdorman

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eal·dor·man  (ôldr-mn)
n.
The chief magistrate of a district in Anglo-Saxon England.
[Old English; see alderman.]
ealdorman [ˈɔːldəmən]
n pl -men
(Historical Terms) an official of Anglo-Saxon England, appointed by the king, who was responsible for law, order, and justice in his shire and for leading his local fyrd in battle
[Old English ealdor lord + man]
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This moment of two parties separated by a narrow bridge of course brings to mind the Anglo-Saxon "The Battle of Maldon," the poem that recounts in sometimes tragic, sometimes heroic language the events at Maldon in AD 991, when an English force led by ealdorman Byrhtnoth fought--and lost to--a party of Vikings.
Maldon and Moria: on Byrhtnoth, Gandalf, and heroism in The Lord of ... by Bruce, Alexander M. / Mythlore
Title first used by elders of Anglo-Saxon nobility THE title alderman comes from the Anglo-Saxon position of Ealdorman, meaning "elder man".
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Grammatical change in Old English strong verbs: early traces of ... by Adamczyk, Elzbieta / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
 
 
 
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