On this page you'll find 8 example sentences with Ealdorman. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Ealdorman in a sentence
Ealdorman meaning
The chief magistrate of a shire in Anglo-Saxon England.
Using Ealdorman
- The main meaning on this page is: The chief magistrate of a shire in Anglo-Saxon England.
Context around Ealdorman
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 4 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ealdorman
- In this selection, "ealdorman" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, kinsman, experienced, leading, byrhtnoth, oslac and eanwulf stand out and add context to how "ealdorman" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a mercian ealdorman named osbert and a wessex ealdorman met him. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ealdorman" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ealdorman
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Sussex seems to have had its own ealdorman for much of the 10th century. (14 words)
Ealdorman Ælfhere was the leader in this regard, attacking Oswald's network of monasteries across Mercia. (16 words)
Æthelwine, supported by his kinsman Ealdorman Byrhtnoth of Essex and others unspecified, mustered an army and caused Ælfhere to back down. (21 words)
Swanton, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, p. 50. A letter written by Alcuin in 797 to a Mercian ealdorman named Osbert makes it apparent that Offa had gone to great lengths to ensure that his son Ecgfrith would succeed him. (38 words)
However, he made a grant of land in Somerset to his leading ealdorman, Eanwulf, and on 26 December 846 he granted a large estate to himself in South Hams in west Devon. (32 words)
Weohstan, a Wessex ealdorman, met him with men from Wiltshire: according to a 15th-century source, Weohstan had married Alburga, Egbert's sister, and so was Egbert's brother-in-law. (31 words)
Example sentences (8)
Æthelwine, supported by his kinsman Ealdorman Byrhtnoth of Essex and others unspecified, mustered an army and caused Ælfhere to back down.
During this time, the experienced Ealdorman Oslac of Northumbria, effective ruler of much of northern England, was exiled due to unknown circumstances.
Ealdorman Ælfhere was the leader in this regard, attacking Oswald's network of monasteries across Mercia.
However, he made a grant of land in Somerset to his leading ealdorman, Eanwulf, and on 26 December 846 he granted a large estate to himself in South Hams in west Devon.
Sussex seems to have had its own ealdorman for much of the 10th century.
Swanton, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, p. 50. A letter written by Alcuin in 797 to a Mercian ealdorman named Osbert makes it apparent that Offa had gone to great lengths to ensure that his son Ecgfrith would succeed him.
The final struggles were complicated by internal dissension, and especially by the treacherous acts of Ealdorman Eadric of Mercia, who opportunistically changed sides to Cnut's party.
Weohstan, a Wessex ealdorman, met him with men from Wiltshire: according to a 15th-century source, Weohstan had married Alburga, Egbert's sister, and so was Egbert's brother-in-law.