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maldon
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun maldon has 1 sense
- maldon(n = noun.act) battle of maldon - a battle in which the Danes defeated the Saxons in 991; celebrated in an old English poem; Array is a kind of pitched battle
CIDE DICTIONARY
maldon, prop. n.
A battle in which the Danes defeated the East Saxons in 991; it is celebrated in an old English poem. [WordNet 1.5]
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