Danes
Speech parts
1. Danes - Noun
2. Danes - Proper noun
Meaning
Danes (plural Daneses)
A surname.
Danes
plural of Dane
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Examples
Alfred, in 893 or 894, took up a position from which he could observe both forces.sfn While he was in talks with Hastein, the Danes at Appledore broke out and struck northwestwards.
Alfred was immediately confronted with the task of defending Wessex against the Danes.
After the Battle of Lyndanisse the Danes established a fortress, which was besieged by Estonians in 1220 and 1223, but held out.
A period of fraught negotiations followed, but ultimately the Danes refused to quit St. John, and the British declined to use force to seize it.
According to the saga, the Danes lined London Bridge and showered the attackers with spears.
Alexandra was not their first choice, since the Danes were at loggerheads with the Prussians over the Schleswig-Holstein Question and most of the British royal family 's relations were German.