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FROM ENGLISH CHRONICLERS 71
having with him against Ethelstan the aid of the aforesaid
kings to wit of the Scots and of the Cumbrians.
But [Ethelstan], trusting in the protection of St. Cuthbert,
1 laid low an endless host, and drove those kings from
his kingdom, obtaining a glorious triumph for his men. . . .
937
FLORENCE OF WORCESTER, CHRONICON, VOL. I, P. 132. 2
And the battle was protracted from the beginning of the
and they slew five under-kings and seven
day until evening ;
earls, whom their opponents had brought with them to aid
them. 3
And they spilled so much blood as had never before been
spilled in any battle in England. And they compelled the
kings Olaf and Constantin to flee to their ships, and returned
with great exultation.
But their foes had acquired the greatest misfortune in the
destruction of their army ; and they returned with few men
to their own.
937
ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE, VERSE PASSAGE, MSS. A, B, C, D,
S.A. 937. 4
In this year king Ethelstan, lord of earls, ring-giver to men,
and his brother also prince Edmund won life-long glory in
conflict with the sword's edges around Brunnanburgh. They
clove the shield-wall, hewed the war-lindens with hammered
1 Cf. W. of M., G.R., i, 144, infra, in note.
2 So S. of D., H.R., ii, 125 ; Hoved., i, 54-55.
3 "
A.S.C., MS. F : And they slew there five kings and seven earls."
"
S. of D., H.R., ii, 93 : In the year 937 king Ethelstan fought at Wendun,
and turned to flight king Olaf with six hundred and fifteen ships, also Constantin,
king of the Scots, and the king of the Cumbrians, with all their
host."
" W. of M., G.R., i, 144 :
. . . Relying upon this gift of God," [a miracu-
"
lous sword,] and at the same time because it was now dawn, [Ethelstan]
attacked the Norwegian with all his army and beat him back untiringly the
whole day till evening. There fell Constantin, king of the Scots, a man of
treacherous passion (perfidce animositatis) and of vigorous old age and five
;
other kings, twelve earls, and almost the whole host of the barbarians. The
few who escaped were preserved for the reception of the faith of Christ."
"
Ethelstan with his forces in
Ann. of Winch., in A.M., ii, 10, s.a. 924 :
one contest deprived of life one king of Scots, and five kings of the Danes,
and twelve earls."
Two cousins of Ethelstan were slain in the battle ; W. of M., G.R., i, 151.
4
Cf. H. of H., 160-161.