Term in Anglo-Saxon England for a man of high status.
1 The ealdorman was taxed, might and main, to protect his own lands.
2 Edric saw him, and exchanged glances, after which the ealdorman looked uneasy.
3 Alfred then handed it over to Ethelred, the ealdorman of Mercia.
4 And I was starting up, but the ealdorman held me back.
5 However, Odda the ealdorman and I have met before, as I am certain.
6 As for his daughter, I knew no more than Jago told the ealdorman .
7 I pray you, thanes, pluck up spirit, and follow the ealdorman .
8 But did you come to see the ealdorman , or the lady?
9 You are the man I need as what you would call the ealdorman there.
10 The ealdorman held his peace for a moment, and then he broke out suddenly:
11 The ealdorman and I stared at him in wonder.
12 Here the ealdorman Adda had constructed a castle similar to that which Edmund had built.
13 Then I was amazed, for the ealdorman went on one knee before him, and said:
14 Ulfketyl, the ealdorman , gave them much money, hoping to buy peace from the merciless pagans.
15 If any of this happens before a king's ealdorman 's junior, or a king's priest, 30s.
16 In 991 the Danes burned Ipswich, and defeated and slew the East Saxon ealdorman Brihtnoth at Maldon.
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