Senlac
Americannoun
noun
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Even so, Harold's defenders almost snatched victory at Hastings, on the hill called Senlac.
From Time Magazine Archive
Montague-Smith traces the line through Harold's daughter Gytha, who after the fateful day at Senlac Hill wandered to Denmark, where she met and married Volodymyr Monomakh, Grand Prince of Kiev.
From Time Magazine Archive
More fortunate than Harold Godwineson at the field of Senlac, King Swiatoslaf escaped with his life and the relics of his army.
From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick
He was dreaming of the battle of Senlac, where he was heading a charge, when he awoke to find that the sounds of real present strife had put Senlac into his head.
From The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars by Crake, A. D. (Augustine David)
It was one of these, the “Song of Roland,” that animated the conquering Normans at Senlac.
From Anglo-Saxon Literature by Earle, John
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