English Explanatory Dictionary

bretwalda

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A title given to some of the rulers of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms from the 5th century onwards who had achieved overlordship of some or all of the other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.

Word forms

bretwalda bretwaldas

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English bretwalda.

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