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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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Page 2 2. Genealogy of Alfred's Mother. 3 — The mother of Alfred was named Osburh, an extremely devout woman, noble in mind, noble also by descent ; she was daughter to Oslac, the famous cupbearer of King Æthelwulf. This Oslac 1 MS., Stev. Seth (but Stevenson suggests Sceaf in his variants, referring to the Chronicle under 855). 2 MS. Cainan, but see Gen. 5. 12 in R. V. 3 Partly from the Chronicle, but the whole account of Alfred's father and mother is original. Page 3 was a Goth by nation, descended from the Goths and Jutes — of the seed, namely, of Stuf and Wihtgar, two brothers and ealdormen. They, having received possession of the Isle of Wight from their uncle, King Cerdic, and his son Cynric their cousin,1 slew the few British inhabi- tants whom they could find in that island, at a place called Wihtgaraburg' 2; for the other inhabitants of the island had either been slain or had escaped into exile. 1 From the Chronicle under 630 and 634. 2 Unidentified.

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2. Genealogy of Alfred's Mother. 3 — The mother of Alfred was named Osburh, an extremely devout woman, noble in mind, noble also by descent ; she was daughter to Oslac, the famous cupbearer of King Æthelwulf. This Oslac

1 MS., Stev. Seth (but Stevenson suggests Sceaf in his variants, referring to the Chronicle under 855).
2 MS. Cainan, but see Gen. 5. 12 in R. V.
3 Partly from the Chronicle, but the whole account of Alfred's father and mother is original.

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was a Goth by nation, descended from the Goths and Jutes — of the seed, namely, of Stuf and Wihtgar, two brothers and ealdormen. They, having received possession of the Isle of Wight from their uncle, King Cerdic, and his son Cynric their cousin,1 slew the few British inhabi- tants whom they could find in that island, at a place called Wihtgaraburg' 2; for the other inhabitants of the island had either been slain or had escaped into exile.

1 From the Chronicle under 630 and 634.
2 Unidentified.