Brunanburh
Noun
Meaning
a battle in 937 when Athelstan defeated the Scots
Source: WordNetSynonyms
Examples
After fighting many battles, his defeat at Brunanburh was followed by his retirement as a Culdee monk at St. Andrews.
Foot, Æthelstan: The First King of England, pp. 97–98, 215 Oda may have been present at the battle of Brunanburh.
Brunanburh and after Following his disappearance from Æthelstan's court after 935, there is no further report of Constantine until 937. In that year, together with Owen of Strathclyde and Olaf Guthfrithson of Dublin, Constantine invaded England.
Brunanburh, for all that it had been a famous and bloody battle, settled nothing.