battle of maldon

1. 1.

   a battle in which the Danes defeated the Saxons in 991; celebrated in an old English poem

   SynonymsMaldon

   Broaderpitched battle

   England

Questions about battle of maldon

What does battle of maldon mean?

battle of maldon means "a battle in which the Danes defeated the Saxons in 991; celebrated in an old English poem".

What is another word for battle of maldon?

Close synonyms include Maldon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is battle of maldon a common word?

battle of maldon is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.