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Beadu Osfeld

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(Edlǣded of Battle of Asfeld)
Beadu Osfeld
Tælmearc 552
Stede Osfeld
Finta Langbearda sige
Feohtend
Langbeardas Gifðas
Commanders
Eadƿine Cyning
Ælfƿine Æþeling
Þyrssƿiþ Cyning
Þyrsmod Æþeling 
Dēaðas
Ungecnawen Hefig

Sēo Beadu Osfeld ƿæs gefuhten on 552 betƿēonan Langbeardas and Gifðas. Þā Langbeardas herias ƿǣron gelǣdde fram Eadƿine. Þa Langbeardas geƿann þā beadƿe, and Þyrsmod Þyrssƿiþes sunu ƿæs geslæġen. Jordanes spicþ, mara þonne 60,000 cempan betƿeonan ba þa hergum ƿæron gecƿeald.[1]


  1. Jordanes, Romana, 386–387, quoted in Maenchen-Helfen 1973, p. 148