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Anglo-Saxon ruler has talent to waste
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athelstan
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__NOTOC__ Athelstan (or Æthelstan ) was a medieval Bishop of Elmham . Athelstan was consecrated between 995 and 997 and died in office on 7 October 1001.
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Population (2000): 18 Housing Units (2000): 16 Land area (2000): 0.129643 sq. miles (0.335773 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.129643 sq. miles (0.335773 sq. km) FIPS code: 03430 Located within: Iowa (IA), ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
masc. proper name, Old English Æðelstane , literally "noble stone;" see atheling + stone (n.).
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He tried mind over matter and went through the Kings and Queens of England since the year 802: Egbert, Ethelwulf, Ethelbald, Ethelbert, Ethelred, Alfred the Great, Edward the Elder, Athelstan, Edmund I, Edred, Edwy, Edgar, Edward II the Martyr but he gave up on the Saxons and Danes, unable to remember whether Harold Harefoot ruled alone or jointly with Hardicanute in 1037.
The laws of King Athelstan (924-40), corresponsive with the early French laws, punished any person casting a spell which resulted in death by extracting the extreme penalty.
She looked thankfully to him, but he ignored her, giving his full attention to Athelstan, who still scrutinized them suspiciously.