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Sentence Examples The Anglo-Saxons, for example, conquered England only to find themselves attacked by the Danes, and then the Normans. Edmund rallied his forces, and for a little while it seemed that the Danes might still be driven back. In order to turbocharge the Akita's aggressiveness, it was crossbred with Tibetan mastiffs and Great Danes. He defended the Kingdom of Wessex from Viking raids and in 878 he defeated the Danes in the Battle of Ethandune near Westbury. By 924 the Franks were forced to grant the Danes the districts of Bayeux, Exmes and Sees, and in 933 the Cotenin and Avranchin. In the days gone by, the Norwegian royals reconciled with the Danes and elected a Danish prince to be the Norwegian ruler. The Danes hold the presidency of the EU and Denmark is one of its largest fishing nations. Almost all Danes are of Nordic stock, and most are members of the Lutheran church. The poorest understanding is between Danes and Swedes and the best between Norwegians and Swedes. An attempt is made to heal the long-standing feud between the Danes and the Frisians by the marriage of the Frisian king Finn to Hildeburh. With both tribes depleted through war, Finn offered peace between the Danes and the Frisians, and an equal division of property and wealth. Parrots in the wardroom, Great Danes leading errant sailors home, prone penguins, reindeer wandering around submarines. The Danes are allowed a quota of over a million tonnes of fish a year to be made into fish meal. The result is a toleration of evil in Britain, which is now being shamed and exposed by comparison with the Dutch and Danes. It will, though, be interesting to see what kind of squad Sven picks to play the Danes. Historians agree that the Danes were among the most easily acculturated and assimilated of all American ethnic groups. The Danes are the world's keenest netizens, while the US has the biggest percentage of women online, a survey out today claims. Design is a Danish strength, and sensibly, the Danes want to exploit the fact. Estonia was ruled by Poles, Danes, Germans, Swedes, and Russians after the thirteenth century. We should be thankful to the French and the Danes for applying the brakes to the adoption of the European Constitution. Show More Sentences Quite simply, the depredations of the Danes aided Wessex by extinguishing all other royal lineages. For the Danes the last few weeks were not about the economic merits or otherwise of paying for goods and services in euros instead of kroner. They reported that the fatalities also include three Danes, two Swedes, two Belgians and one French. There was more speech amongst the Danes, and movement of horses, and jingling of bridle bits. The Danes, Belgians and Italians are more relaxed still with their working weeks of fewer than 39 hours. While the Danes, Swedes and Norwegians are of the same race with similar languages, the Finns are a breed apart. Most Greenlanders are a mix of native Inuit and the Danes who colonised their land in the 18th century. Nor was it necessarily successful in winning respite in the ninth century, and in 875 the Danes simply moved on to Exeter. Of the three, the Saxons were the most numerous and it was Saxon kings who had ruled before the Danes arrived. So many Danes had settled in eastern England that Alfred was unable to pry them out. Lynn responded both by a retaliation against Danes in the town and by sending ambassadors to treat with the king of Denmark. Although the Danes were defeated at Ashdown, the West Saxons were forced to negotiate and pay tribute after losing further battles. The film gave Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio their first taste of true movie stardom and bankability. Most of the raiders were Danes, but the common tongue of the Scandinavians enabled them all to work together. Indeed, it seems naturally to have been the Danes, the great invaders, molesters, and wasters of this city. With the absence of Chinese shuttlers, the home crowd opted to throw its weight behind the Danes. The Danes used to work holding the boat with an anchor and heaving the ropes to the boat. His speech was so heavy with the flat twang of the Danes that it was hard to understand. The Danes have left Wessex, and have set up in Lundenwic, and have sworn on their most sacred talismans to leave us. Among the sailors listed by the French were Prussians, Italians, Americans, Portuguese, Danes and one matelot from Halifax. Show More Sentences The Danes often overachieve in tournaments and another quarter-final beckons. The Danes, who had been ruled by Magnus, refused to accept Hardrada as King. In fact, by the time the currency was released, Edmund's old kingdom seems to have been firmly under the sway of the Danes. To an outsider it seems self-evident which way the Danes and the Swedes must vote in their referenda. In the later 9th cent., after the struggle between Alfred and the Danes, the region became part of Wessex. Long before the Danes or Normans reached our shores Ireland from north to south were populated by indigenous families. Danes and Swedes are among the greatest enthusiasts for plaice, and the former at least prefer to buy their plaice alive. The Spanish, Swedes, Danes and Italians are also expected to back the proposals. Alfred saw that the Danes were gaining the advantage, refused to wait for his brother to end his prayers, and charged at the Danes. Language is not a barrier either, as most Swedes and Danes speak very good English. By the autumn of 880 the Danes had left Wessex and western Mercia, and had begun the systematic settlement of East Anglia. The Danes and the Swedes are picking up the bills for their royals while they are here. Dundalk anglers made a clean sweep of the prizes in the Danes Cast Firshery's New Year's Day Competition. In our version, the Danes will be speaking English, and Grendel will be speaking Icelandic. One of the worrying aspects for the Danes is a complete absence of cover for their two key strikers. However, young Danes tend to choose humanistic or social science studies over the natural sciences. In the same period, Edward the Elder led a combined West Saxon and Meridian army against the Danes and brought back both slaves and livestock. As a nation, the Danes are said to be shy and suffer from an inferiority complex. Yes we may be a mix of Danes, Celts, Saxons, Normans and others, but when were they here? To date, 19 Norwegians, seven Danes and five Finns have been confirmed dead. Show More Sentences Most Great Danes, the second tallest of all the dog breeds, carried an air of dignity and nobility. Alfred's dynasty, which had survived Danes, Norsemen, and Danes again, had succumbed at last to foreign invasion. The country's official language is Danish, but many Danes, especially the young, also speak English and German. In more recent times, the Danes, driven by Scandinavian-style liberalism, sought to modernise their colonies. So the Euro came about, and the Danes and the British, who refused to join, were told that outside the Eurozone lay disaster. A number of letters to the editor in newspapers around the country suggested that we swap the British Royal Family for the Danes. Beer-drinking is a national pastime but Danes are ever the ones for mild moderation. Finns, Danes and Americans enjoy the greatest freedom to travel, with 130 nations welcoming them without a visa. From Anna Wintour to Rita Ora to Claire Danes, stars are strutting their stuff in red this season. This was followed by attempts to buy off the Danes by the payment of immense sums as Danegeld, a course of action suggested by Archbishop Sigeric. Then we heard several men's voices at once, speaking in a strange tongue, with the same flat, broad tone, and I heard for the first time the native speech of the Danes. Because the toll gates are on the Swedish side, inquisitive Danes have simply been driving across the bridge, turning around at the toll plaza and heading home. Large-scale migrations of Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Danes, and Norsemen, and substantial movements between Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, make estimates very hazardous. He struck the gong, and it made a deep and yet bright sound that echoed through the hall, and all the Danes laughed as he struck it again and again. In particular, the Danes, Norse and Saxons regularly tattooed themselves with family symbols and crests, and the early Britons used tattoos in ceremonies. The Danes voted by referendum last year not to join the euro, but one in ten retailers indicated that they will price their goods in euro and kroner. In particular, the Danes, Norse and Saxons, regularly tattooed themselves with family symbols and crests, and the early Britons used tattoos in ceremonies. Claire Danes beguiles as a lovelorn young woman in Shopgirl. Most people know Temple Grandin because Claire Danes portrayed her in a 2010 HBO movie. The serving men were clearing the last of the cups, and the Danes themselves began to take the tables off their trestles and to bring in the pallets from the passageway. Show More Sentences It appears that, in a time of constant conflict between Saxons and Danes, some Viking landowners chose to celebrate their military status and Scandinavian heritage. The Danes, the Poles and the Czechs also look like they could say no. This year there was a large contingent of Great Danes and Mastiffs. Many Danes have a deeply ingrained scepticism about the European Union, seen as the bureaucratic and inefficient blueprint for a European superstate. Because this breed is intelligent, Great Danes are easy to train. Five of the other eleven EU member states had troops in Bosnia or Croatia in early 1995, Danes and Swedes with Norwegians and Finns in a joint Nordic battalion. The day belonged to massive Mastiffs, Great Danes, hairy Pomeranians, Rottweilers, German Shepherds, Dobermans, Dalmatians and Miniature Pinschers. Fearing much damage to their undefended capital, the Danes sued for peace. Owners stroll along the path accompanied by happy canines ranging from pop-eyed, dancing Chihuahuas to smirking, loping great Danes and nothing untoward happens. Like the non-Jewish Danes who wore the Star of David, a street full of neighbors flying gay pride flags could protect and support through ambiguation. I agree with most people, the place is crammed with achingly cool Danes. The church of St Clement Danes also lays claim to being the inspiration for the lyrics, also by dint of citrus fruits being unloaded at the nearby wharves. This explanation sounds plausible, but we need to be wary of assuming that the Danes and East Angles still thought of themselves as fundamentally different from one another. France is where the Frenchmen live, Denmark is where the Danes live. The Angles, Saxons, Danes, Frisians and other invaders intermarried with the existing Romano-British Celts, Romans, Jutes, Gauls, Greeks and Lombards. What have the Danes ever done for me, I pondered on the way to the pub, apart from lend me a Scandic name and an unmeasurable quantity of Viking blood? This suspension of discourse kept Danes crimeless and irreproachable despite their continuous encounter with colonial subjects. The Britons are immediately besieged by attacks from Picts, Scots and Danes. The Abotrites remained loyal until Charles' death and fought later against the Danes. The burh she established was one of ten which defended Mercia against the invading Danes. Show More Sentences Both Swedes and Danes also understand Norwegian better than they understand each other's languages. Under the leadership of Alfred the Great and his descendants, Wessex would at first survive, then coexist with, and eventually conquer the Danes. Large parts of the Dutch merchant fleet and navy came to consist of Norwegians and Danes. The Danes were also being threatened by the Wends who were making raids across the border and by sea. Having conquered Mercia, the Danes turned the settlement into a centre for military and administrative purposes, which was part of the Danelaw. Deep-chested dogs, such as Weimaraners and Great Danes, are more at risk of the condition. He said working alongside Claire Danes, who plays agent Carrie Mathison, and Mandy Patinkin, who plays spy Saul Berenson, didn't disappoint. The Blue Devils are scheduled to play the Albany Great Danes in the first of 16 games on Friday. Some 15 Great Danes and their owners took to the sand at the weekend for a get-together walk. But, alas, the story has been written, and Great Danes do not live forever. But she wanted to sign for the package and after he handed her the device, one of the Great Danes leapt up. The Czechoslovakians, Germans, Danes, Belgians, Australians, and Luxembourgers all do yeoman service with their mugs. It is a progressive disease that occurs most often in larger dog breeds including Doberman Pinschers, Mastiffs and Great Danes. The death rate for duodenal ulcers is low for Swedish men, but high for Danes. Then in the late 9th and early 10th centuries, the kings of Wessex defeated the Danes and liberated the Angles from the Danelaw. In Denmark the Jutes merged with the Danes, in Sweden the Geats and Gutes merged with the Swedes. During Norse times the Pennines were settled by Viking Danes in the east and Norwegian Vikings in the west. After the Angles departed from Anglia, by the 8th century the region was occupied by Danes. Wessex was invaded by the Danes in 871, and Alfred was compelled to pay them to leave. In the early tenth century, the East Anglian Danes came under increasing pressure from Edward the Elder, king of Wessex. Show More Sentences He was apparently accepted as king by some or all of the Danes in England and in 903 he induced the East Anglian Danes to wage war on Edward. Hearing of this, Danes in East Anglia and elsewhere then rose against Alfred. In 895 the population of Chichester killed many hundreds of Danes who plundered the area. According to the 12th century author Sven Aggesen, the mythical King Dan gave name to the Danes. As previous and contemporary peoples of Scandinavia, the tribal Danes were practitioners of the Norse religion. In 876 under their new leader, Guthrum, the Danes slipped past the Saxon army and attacked and occupied Wareham in Dorset. The Danes broke their word and, after killing all the hostages, slipped away under cover of night to Exeter in Devon. Alfred blockaded the Viking ships in Devon, and with a relief fleet having been scattered by a storm, the Danes were forced to submit. He then pursued the Danes to their stronghold at Chippenham and starved them into submission. While he was in talks with Hastein, the Danes at Appledore broke out and struck northwestwards. Early in 894 or 895, lack of food obliged the Danes to retire once more to Essex. The Danes had beached half their ships and gone inland, either to rest their rowers or to forage for food. The Danes, heavily outnumbered, would have been wiped out if the tide had not risen. When that occurred, the Danes rushed back to their boats, which being lighter, with shallower drafts, were freed before Alfred's ships. The Danes then placed an Englishman, Ecgberht I of Northumbria, on the throne of Northumbria as a puppet ruler. King Burgred of Mercia then negotiated peace with Ivar, with the Danes keeping Nottingham in exchange for leaving the rest of Mercia alone. Under Ivar the Boneless, the Danes continued their invasion in 869 by defeating King Edmund of East Anglia at Hoxne and conquering East Anglia. His army was weak and he was forced to pay tribute to Ivar in order to make peace with the Danes. In ten years, the Danes had gained control over East Anglia, Northumbria and Mercia, leaving just Wessex resisting. Guthrum and the Danes brokered peace with Wessex in 876, when they captured the fortresses of Wareham and Exeter. Show More Sentences Alfred laid siege to the Danes, who were forced to surrender after reinforcements were lost in a storm. The Danes were defeated and retreated to Chippenham, where King Alfred laid siege and soon forced them to surrender. The Danes used the civil turmoil as an opportunity to capture York, which they sacked and burned. In order to establish peace, King Burhred of Mercia ceded Nottingham to the Danes in exchange for leaving the rest of Mercia undisturbed. For the rest of the year Alfred concentrated on attacking with small bands against isolated groups of Danes. During the peace, the Danes turned north and attacked Mercia, which they finished off in short order, and captured London in the process. The Danes now controlled East Anglia, Northumbria and Mercia, with only Wessex continuing to resist. In the spring, Alfred was able to gather an army and attacked Guthrum and the Danes at Edington. The Danes were defeated and retreated to Chippenham, where the English pursued and laid siege to Guthrum's forces. There were no serious invasions or raids of England by the Danes after this. The following year the Northumbrian Danes attacked Mercia, but suffered a decisive defeat at the Battle of Tettenhall. His retinue also included eighteen bishops and thirteen earls, six of whom were Danes from eastern England. At the Battle of Nesjar, in 1016, Olaf Haraldsson won the kingdom of Norway from the Danes. It seems there were Danes in opposition to him, and an attack he carried out on the Wends of Pomerania may have had something to do with this. Meanwhile, William attacked the Danes, who had moored for the winter south of the Humber in Lincolnshire, and drove them back to the north bank. When the Danes attempted to return to Lincolnshire, the Norman forces there again drove them back across the Humber. William symbolically wore his crown in the ruins of York on Christmas Day 1069, and then proceeded to buy off the Danes. In 1801, he was dispatched to the Baltic and won another victory, this time over the Danes at the Battle of Copenhagen. Somerset played an important part in stopping the spread of the Danes in the 9th century. A peace treaty with the Danes was signed at Wedmore and the Danish king Guthrum the Old was baptised at Aller. Show More Sentences Ultimately, the Danes lost control of Wessex in 1042 on the death of both of Canute's sons. The 11th century saw England become more stable, despite a number of wars with the Danes, which resulted in a Danish monarchy for one generation. Conflicts with the Danes in 876 left the river Tyne and its settlements in ruin. After the conflicts with the Danes, and following the 1088 rebellion against the Normans, Monkchester was all but destroyed by Odo of Bayeux. In 1001, the Danes returned and pillaged Portsmouth and surrounding locations, threatening the English with extinction. There is a more detailed account of raising an army in 878, when the Danes made a surprise attack on Alfred at Chippenham after Twelfth Night. The fortification of sites at Witham, Buckingham, Towcester and Colchester persuaded the Danes of the surrounding regions to submit. In Abbo's version of events, the king refused to meet the Danes in battle, preferring to die a martyr's death. Hereward stormed and sacked Peterborough Abbey in company with local men and Sweyn's Danes. Gwyneth Paltrow, Claire Danes and Gabrielle Anwar had been considered for the role. The remaining Jutish population in Jutland assimilated in with the settling Danes. As attested by the Jelling stones, the Danes were Christianised around 965 by Harald Bluetooth, the son of Gorm. In the 20th century, Danes have also been innovative in several fields of the technology sector. Danes enjoy a high standard of living and the Danish economy is characterised by extensive government welfare provisions. Danes have distinguished themselves as jazz musicians, and the Copenhagen Jazz Festival has acquired an international reputation. Kingdoms, centres of learning, archives, and churches all fell before the onslaught from the invading Danes. Ultimately the Danes capitulated, and their leader Guthrum agreed to withdraw from Wessex and to be baptised. Clement Danes Grammar School overlapped, from 1910, with a scholarship at Trinity College of Music. At his old school, St Clement Danes, now relocated in Chorleywood, the main hall is named in his honour. A statue of Dowding stands outside St Clement Danes church on the Strand, London. Show More Sentences Around 902, an attack on Anglesey by the Danes of Dublin under Ingimundr was repulsed. Norwegians have little difficulty understanding Swedish, and Danes can also understand it, with slightly more difficulty than Norwegians. In eastern Aberdeenshire the Danes invaded at least as far north as the area near Cruden Bay. Reric was set up around the year 700, but following later warfare between Obodrites and Danes, the merchants were resettled to Haithabu. After the Schleswig referendum in 1920 a number of Danes remained as a minority within German territories. By 866 the Danes were in York and in 873 the army was moving into Northumberland. Holy Roman Emperor Otto II had assembled a great army of Saxons, Franks, Frisians and Wends to fight against the Norse pagan Danes. Many of the inhabitants of Northumbria were Danes, who had enjoyed lesser taxation than in other parts of England. The placename may reflect worship of Thor there by Danes during the Viking Age rather than by Angles during the Roman Iron Age. These included the duchies of Alemannia, Bavaria, Saxony and Thuringia, as well as the northern and eastern marches with the Danes and Slavs. In 808, the king of the Danes, Godfred, built the vast Danevirke across the isthmus of Schleswig. An illicit trade continued with foreigners after the Danes implemented a trade monopoly. Fearing that they were spies for their brothers, the Danes, he incarcerated them. The Saxons were once again brought to heel, though Widukind fled to the Danes. The first mentions of Danes are from the 6th century in Jordanes' Getica, by Procopius, and by Gregory of Tours. Canada became an important destination for the Danes during the post war period. Most importantly, ethnic Danes in both Denmark proper and the former Danish Duchy of Schleswig. The legacy of Saxo Grammaticus is the sixteen book heroic history of the Danes called Gesta Danorum. In the preface to the work, Saxo writes that his patron Absalon, Archbishop of Lund had encouraged him to write a heroic history of the Danes. Saxo's history of the Danes was compiled from sources that are of questionable historical value. Show More Sentences Initially, the Danes attempted to defend their country using an ancient earthen wall known as the Danevirke, but this proved futile. These were overrun by Danes initially before they too settled to farming near Burnsall and Thorpe. One group of Danes was granted permission to settle in northwestern France under the condition that they defend the place from future attacks. In addition, the Danes and Norwegians moved west into the Atlantic Ocean, settling on Iceland, Greenland, and the Shetland Isles. Brice's Day massacre of Danes in England, the son of Harald, Sweyn Forkbeard mounted a series of wars of conquest against England. During the time of the Danelaw, Rochdale was subjected to incursions by the Danes on the Saxons. Or, as the Danes do with aqvavit, you can keep a bottle of hard liquor in the freezer without risk of solidification. As I tuck into a delicious Danish pastry I picked up on the way here, I'm beginning to understand what the Danes mean when they say something is hyggeligt. Also represented in smaller numbers were Swedes, Danes, and Belgians. As Saxo's texts are the first written accounts of Denmark's history, and hence the Danes, his sources are largely surviving legends, folk lore and word of mouth. Alan, 37, and 36-year-old Lyndsey already had two Great Danes at home in Irvine when they spotted the SSPCA were trying to rehome a dog that had recently been given up. Danes fought against Polabian Slavs in the 1147 Wendish crusade. In addition, the French and Danes also came to trade in Banten. Danes later described the initial stages of their relationship as low-key, saying that they first got to know each other on the set, over boardgames like Scrabble and Boggle. In contrast, the heavy agricultural windmills produced by the Danes just kept turning, and by 2000 the top three windmill manufacturers in the world were Danish. In 851 an exceptionally large invasion force of Danes arrived at the mouth of the Thames in a fleet of about 350 ships, which would have carried over 15,000 men. The father established himself as a hosier in 1744, and Charles seems to have benefited from the warm reception that Louisa and her retinue received from the Danes. He is also seen by modern Danes as their first national historian. This occurred because the first two brothers died in wars with the Danes without issue, while Aethelred's sons were too young to rule when their father died. In the British Isles, Danes landed three Viking ships at the isle of Portland, Dorset in 786 AD, where they met and killed a local reeve and his men. Show More Sentences The Danes then raided along the coast before returning home. The Danes tried unsuccessfully to obtain recognition of the border from their neighbor, but otherwise went out of their way to avoid antagonizing Germany. During the 10th century the royal seat of the Danes was moved from Lejre to Jelling in central Jutland, marking the foundation and consolidation of the Kingdom of Denmark. With doubtful patriotism he left the Danes for a while unpursued, attacked Meath, overran and wasted Connaught, and returning suddenly burnt the royal stronghold of Tara. This characteristic is called Janteloven or Law of Jante by Danes. The large number of Danes becoming overweight is an increasing problem and results in an annual additional consumption in the health care system of DKK 1,625 million. In northern Europe the Saxons and Danes fought against Wends in the Wendish Crusade, although no official papal bulls were issued authorising new Crusades. The main protagonist Beowulf, a hero of the Geats, comes to the aid of Hrothgar, king of the Danes, whose great hall, Heorot, is plagued by the monster Grendel. Beowulf, a hero of the Geats, comes to the aid of Hrothgar, the king of the Danes, whose mead hall in Heorot has been under attack by a monster known as Grendel. In 875 the Danes took the monastery of Lindisfarne and the monks fled, carrying with them St Cuthbert's body around various places including Melrose. Cuthbert's cult had appealed to the converted Danes who now made up much of the population of Northumbria, and was also adopted by the Normans when they took over England. In particular, Alfred the Great, King of Wessex, was inspired and encouraged in his struggle against the Danes by a vision or dream he had of Cuthbert. It was built around the possession of fortified places and the close pursuit of the Danes to harass them and impede their preferred occupation of plundering. The Jutes invaded the British Isles three centuries earlier, pouring out from Jutland during the Age of Migrations, before the Danes settled there. To counter the Saxon aggression and solidify their own presence, the Danes constructed the huge defence fortification of Danevirke in and around Hedeby. The Franks normally called them Northmen or Danes, while for the English they were generally known as Danes or heathen and the Irish knew them as pagans or gentiles. However, Alfred's successors subsequently won military victories against the Danes, incorporating much of the Danelaw into the nascent kingdom of England. William's final years were marked by difficulties in his continental domains, troubles with his eldest son, and threatened invasions of England by the Danes. After the departure of the Danes the Fenland rebels remained at large, protected by the marshes, and early in 1071 there was a final outbreak of rebel activity in the area. Little is known of warfare between the English and the Danes over the next few years, but in 909, Edward sent a West Saxon and Mercian army to ravage Northumbria. Show More Sentences The Danes were unable to hold out without relief and soon surrendered. The Saxons, led by Odda, attacked the Danes while they slept and defeated the superior Danish forces, saving Alfred from being trapped between the two armies. Unfortunately for the Danes, the fleet of reinforcements encountered a storm and lost more than 100 ships, and the Danes were forced to return to East Mercia in the north. Wolin, thought to be identical with legendary Vineta and semilegendary Jomsborg, base of the Jomsvikings, was destroyed by the Danes in the 12th century. Alfred responded by paying off the Danes in order for a promise of peace. He was moderately successful in this endeavour and was able to score minor victories against the Danes, but his army was on the verge of collapse. By 801, a strong central authority appears to have been established in Jutland, and the Danes were beginning to look beyond their own territory for land, trade and plunder. In 924, King Radulf extended Rollo's county westward up to the river Vire, including the Bessin, where some Danes from England had settled not long before. He also writes that when the Herules returned, they passed the Warini and the Danes and then crossed the sea to Thule, where they settled beside the Geats. Britons and Dutch were then joined by Germans, Danes, and Norwegians. Cadwaladr's attempt to reclaim his lands with the help of a Danish fleet in 1144 forms the background to The Summer of the Danes by Ellis Peters in the Brother Cadfael series. After another lull, in the autumn of 892 or 893, the Danes attacked again. It has two fire stations located at Danes Castle and Middlemoor. For the next five years, the Danes occupied other parts of England. This movement called for the complete reintegration of Schleswig into the Kingdom of Denmark and demanded an end to discrimination against Danes in Schleswig. The northernmost part and west coast of the province saw a wave of emigration to America, while some Danes of North Schleswig emigrated to Denmark. A list of peoples who were said to fear Chilperic's power is given and includes the Frisians, as well as the Suebi, Goths, Basques, Danes, Jutes, Saxons, and Britons. There were many small skirmishes and larger battles with the native Irish clans in the following two centuries, with the Danes sometimes siding with allied clans. The Danes first arrived in Ireland in 795 AD, at Rathlin Island, initiating subsequent raids and fortified trade settlements, so called longphorts. In 1009 his actions resulted in the destruction of the English fleet, and by 1011 Sussex, together with most of South East England, was in the hands of the Danes. Show More Sentences From 895 Sussex suffered from constant raids by the Danes, till the accession of Canute, after which arose the two great forces of the house of Godwine and of the Normans. Between 913 and 918 a series of English offensives overwhelmed the Danes of Mercia and East Anglia, bringing all of England south of the Humber under Edward's power. It was ruled by the Wuffingas in the 7th and 8th centuries, but fell to Mercia in 794, and was conquered by the Danes in 869, forming part of the Danelaw. Modern Germanic peoples include the Afrikaners, Austrians, Danes, Dutch, English, Flemish, Frisians, Germans, Icelanders, Lowland Scots, Norwegians, and Swedes. The Bobbio Orosius from the early 7th century, distinguishes between South Danes inhabiting Jutland and North Danes inhabiting the isles and the province of Scania. Like the panthers, and lion, and jaguars, there are huskies, beagles, greyhounds, danes, rottweiler, and a few others. Examples from Classical Literature There be that write, that the Danes had at that time to their leaders two capteins, the one named lother, and the other Irling. Parkinson, however, thinks the plant obtained the name of danewort because it would cause a flux called the Danes. God help the Danes, if they have fallen into servitude among these blackguards! This colonisation of Deira by the Danes was soon followed in other districts. She was singing to her baby about the 'sandman,' or den lille Ole, as we Danes say. She was Danish by birth, and the Danes, unlike the Norwegians, have a large supply of good spirits and the joie de vivre. Large numbers of Danes landed on our eastern coasts and ravaged the Midlands. So avenged I their fiendish deeds death-fall of Danes, as was due and right. Which disaduantage notwithstanding, they slue a great number of the Danes, Hubba slaine. The Danes burned Oslo in order to prevent it from falling into the hands of the Swedes. Nothing more, sir, than that he had once or twice rebuked Vreeland and Danes for carelessness in squad drill. The Danes planted a colony there in 1756, but were compelled to abandon it in consequence of the insalubrity of the climate. The loss of the Danes, including prisoners, amounted to about six thousand. What kind of men are Vreeland and Danes, in your opinion, Corporal? The Danes, fierce and lawless, carrying sword and firebrand wherever they passed, leaving death and ruin in their track, surged over the land. In 1806 also they were at Hythe, where he saw the skulls of the Danes. In the Vale of the lune the Danes have left numerous traces. What about the early Britons, Romans, Jutes, Picts, Danes and Normans who invaded England too? He also brought in English workmen to teach the uncivilized Danes. Nevertheless, the Danes could not plunder England as easily as before. Show More Sentences We were pent up in the castle by the Danes till our provisions failed. Moreover, that grain unsown grows there plentifully is not a fabulous fancy, but is based on trustworthy accounts of the Danes. Thursley is Thor's ley or field, and has memories of the Danes. Find more words! 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