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Page 77
... earl , which had previously been used in this sense only in the parts of England densely settled by the Danes . In English territory the word earl had had , as we shall see later , a different meaning , denot- ing , not an official ...
... earl , which had previously been used in this sense only in the parts of England densely settled by the Danes . In English territory the word earl had had , as we shall see later , a different meaning , denot- ing , not an official ...
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... earl is used in this way , to denote a man of the upper class , only in poetry and in the rhyming formula ' earl and churl ' ; it has otherwise become obsolete , and men of this class are called gesithas ' companions ' , or in later ...
... earl is used in this way , to denote a man of the upper class , only in poetry and in the rhyming formula ' earl and churl ' ; it has otherwise become obsolete , and men of this class are called gesithas ' companions ' , or in later ...
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... earl , reeve , sheriff runes , 20 , 25 Ruthwell cross , 210 , 228 f . Salt , 115 f . Saxons , 11-13 , 19 , 78 Saxons , Old or Continental , 12 , 48 , 177-9 , 215 ; poetry of , 209 , 212 Scandinavian influence , 7 , 44 , 60 , 77 , 150 f ...
... earl , reeve , sheriff runes , 20 , 25 Ruthwell cross , 210 , 228 f . Salt , 115 f . Saxons , 11-13 , 19 , 78 Saxons , Old or Continental , 12 , 48 , 177-9 , 215 ; poetry of , 209 , 212 Scandinavian influence , 7 , 44 , 60 , 77 , 150 f ...
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PREFACE | 7 |
THE BONDS OF SOCIETY | 29 |
THE KING AND HIS COURT | 48 |
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