On this page you'll find 8 example sentences with Brittonum. Discover how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Brittonum in a sentence
Using Brittonum
- In the example corpus, brittonum often appears in combinations such as: historia brittonum.
Context around Brittonum
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 1 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Brittonum
- In this selection, "brittonum" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, historia, hengist, culminating and gives stand out and add context to how "brittonum" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include century historia brittonum also refers and century historia brittonum gives another. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "brittonum" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with brittonum
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Recent studies, however, question the reliability of the Historia Brittonum. (10 words)
Problems have been identified, however, with using this source to support the Historia Brittonum's account. (16 words)
The 9th-century Historia Brittonum also refers to this tale, with the boar there named Troy(n)t. (18 words)
In the Historia Brittonum Hengist had an unnamed daughter (Historia Regum Britanniae first gave her name as Rowena ) who seduced Vortigern, eventually leading to the Treachery of the Long Knives when Hengist's men massacred the Britons at a peace accord. (41 words)
Bede, Ecclesiastical History, Book II, Ch. 5, from Sherley-Price's translation, p. 112. An alternative form of this genealogy, found in the Historia Brittonum among other places, reverses the position of Octa and Oisc in the lineage. (38 words)
On Uther's death, the fifteen-year-old Arthur succeeds him as King of Britain and fights a series of battles, similar to those in the Historia Brittonum, culminating in the Battle of Bath. (34 words)
Example sentences (8)
Bede, Ecclesiastical History, Book II, Ch. 5, from Sherley-Price's translation, p. 112. An alternative form of this genealogy, found in the Historia Brittonum among other places, reverses the position of Octa and Oisc in the lineage.
In the Historia Brittonum Hengist had an unnamed daughter (Historia Regum Britanniae first gave her name as Rowena ) who seduced Vortigern, eventually leading to the Treachery of the Long Knives when Hengist's men massacred the Britons at a peace accord.
On Uther's death, the fifteen-year-old Arthur succeeds him as King of Britain and fights a series of battles, similar to those in the Historia Brittonum, culminating in the Battle of Bath.
Problems have been identified, however, with using this source to support the Historia Brittonum's account.
Recent studies, however, question the reliability of the Historia Brittonum.
The 9th-century Historia Brittonum also refers to this tale, with the boar there named Troy(n)t.
The ninth century Historia Brittonum gives another account of Maximus and assigns him an important role: The seventh emperor was Maximianus, (One of a great many confusions and conflations on Geoffrey's part).
While the Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle refer to the brother as Horsa, in the Historia Brittonum his name is simply Hors.
Common combinations with brittonum
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: