Noun
a battle in which the Danes defeated the Saxons in 991; celebrated in an old English poem
Source: WordNetThe dictionary’s earliest citation is from The Battle of Maldon, an Old English poem dating from 993. Source: Internet
E.V.Gordon, The Battle of Maldon (London, 1968) p 38 It is fortuitous that this was attached at an early date to a very notable manuscript, Asser's Life of King Alfred, which undoubtedly assisted in its survival. Source: Internet