⁊ he hy gewyldan meahte, nære þæt hi on niht ut ne ætburston of þære byrig, ⁊ æfter þæm begeat Anlaf Eadmundes cynges freondscipe, ⁊ se cyning Eadmund onfeng þa Anlafe cyninge æt fulwihte, ⁊ he him cynelice gyfode. ⁊ ðy ilcan geare ymbe tæla mycelne fyrst he onfeng Regnalde cyninge æt bisceopes handa. 941: Here the Northumbrians belied their promises and chose Olaf from Ireland as king. 943: Here Olaf broke down Tamworth and great slaughter fell on either side, and the Danes had the victory and led away great war-booty with them. There Wulfrun was taken in that raid. Here king Edmund besieged Olaf and archbishop Wulfstan in Leicester, and he might have controlled them, except that they broke out of the fort in the night, and after that Olaf had king Edmund's friendship, and king Edmund received king Olaf at baptism, and gave to him royally. And in the same year after a fairly long time he received Rægnald at a bishop's hands. References External links ; also , , 1005 deaths 10th-century English women 10th-century English people Mercian people Wolverhampton People from Wolverhampton 10th-century English landowners 11th-century English people 11th-century English women 11th-century English landowners