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Source: Asser's life of King Alfred by Asser, John, d. 909; Cook, Albert S. (Albert Stanburrough), 1853-1927

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Titre	Asser's life of King Alfred by Asser, John, d. 909; Cook, Albert S. (Albert Stanburrough), 1853-1927

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Archive.org Asser's life of King Alfred by Asser, John, d. 909; Cook, Albert S. (Albert Stanburrough), 1853-1927 Publication date [c1906] Topics Alfred, King of England, 849-899 Publisher Boston, New York : Ginn & company Collection cdl; americana Digitizing sponsor MSN Contributor University of California Libraries Language English Addeddate 2007-08-01 18:39:53 Bookplateleaf 0004 Call number SRLF:LAGE-66949 Camera 5D Collection-library SRLF Copyright-evidence Evidence reported by alyson-wieczorek for item asserslifeofking00asseiala on August 1, 2007: visible notice of copyright; stated date is 1906. Copyright-evidence-date 20070801183928 Copyright-evidence-operator alyson-wieczorek Copyright-region US External-identifier urn:oclc:record:1040018570[WorldCat (this item)] Foldoutcount 0 Identifier asserslifeofking00asseiala Full catalog record MARCXML

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Asser's life of King Alfred
by Asser, John, d. 909; Cook, Albert S. (Albert Stanburrough), 1853-1927

Publication date [c1906]
Topics Alfred, King of England, 849-899
Publisher Boston, New York : Ginn & company
Collection cdl; americana
Digitizing sponsor MSN
Contributor University of California Libraries
Language English
Addeddate 2007-08-01 18:39:53
Bookplateleaf 0004
Call number SRLF:LAGE-66949
Camera 5D
Collection-library SRLF
Copyright-evidence Evidence reported by alyson-wieczorek for item asserslifeofking00asseiala on August 1, 2007: visible notice of copyright; stated date is 1906.
Copyright-evidence-date 20070801183928
Copyright-evidence-operator alyson-wieczorek
Copyright-region US
External-identifier urn:oclc:record:1040018570[WorldCat (this item)]
Foldoutcount 0
Identifier asserslifeofking00asseiala

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Page -17- 29. Alfred marries.(2) — In the year of our Lord's incarnation 868, which was the twentieth of King Alfred's life, the aforesaid revered King Alfred, then occupying only the rank of viceroy (secundarii), betrothed(3) and espoused a noble Mercian lady(4), daughter of Æthelred, surnamed Mucin, Ealdorman of the Gaini.(5) The mother of this lady was named Eadburh, of the royal line of Mercia, whom I often saw with my own eyes a few years before her death. She was a venerable lady, and after the decease of herhusband remained many years a chaste widow, even till her own death. 1 From the Chronicle. 2 Original. 3 ' Subarravit, formed from sub and arrha, represents literally the English verb wed, which refers to the giving of security upon the engagement of marriage. . . . [It] is glossed by beweddian in Napier's Old English Glosses '' (Stevenson). 4 William of Malmesbury calls her Æthelswith. 5 Of the Gaini nothing is known. 6 Largely from the Chronicle.

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29. Alfred marries.(2) — In the year of our Lord's incarnation 868, which was the twentieth of King Alfred's life, the aforesaid revered King Alfred, then occupying only the rank of viceroy (secundarii), betrothed(3) and espoused a noble Mercian lady(4), daughter of Æthelred, surnamed Mucin, Ealdorman of the Gaini.(5) The mother of this lady was named Eadburh, of the royal line of Mercia, whom I often saw with my own eyes a few years before her death. She was a venerable lady, and after the decease of herhusband remained many years a chaste widow, even till her own death.

1 From the Chronicle.
2 Original.
3 ' Subarravit, formed from sub and arrha, represents literally the English verb wed, which refers to the giving of security upon the engagement of marriage. . . . [It] is glossed by beweddian in Napier's Old English Glosses '' (Stevenson).
4 William of Malmesbury calls her Æthelswith.
5 Of the Gaini nothing is known.
6 Largely from the Chronicle.