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Ælfred Æthelberht Æthelfrith Æthelred Æthelstan Æthelwulf amongst Anglo-Saxon archbishop Aryan Bæda Bæda's barbaric Beowulf Bernicia bishop blood Britain Britons burh Canterbury Celtic Celts century Cerdic chief chieftains Christian Chronicle Church civilisation clan coast colony conquered Cornwall culture Cynric Danes Danish death Deira dialect Eadgar Eadward Eadwine ealdorman early English East Anglia Ecgberht England Englishmen existed forest Frankish fyrd hand heathen heathendom Hengest High German host Irish island Jutes Kent kingdom land language later Latin literature London Low German mark Mercia modern monastery monks names native Norman Conquest North Northumbria organisation original Oswiu over-lord peace Penda period pirates population possess present day probably race reign remained Roman Rome royal rude Scandinavian serfs settled settlement Severn ships shire slaughter slaves Sleswick Sussex Swegen Teutonic Thames tongue took towns tribes Wessex West Saxon West Welsh whole wholly Winchester Woden words