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How to use Egbert in a sentence

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Brother Egbert responded in the calm, patient tone of someone addressing a hysteric.
He was born at York and educated in the cloister school there under Archbishop Egbert.
With the union of the heptarchy under the crown of Egbert, the heptarchic Witenagemots were merged in a single Witenagemot for united England.
As early as 1748 the Dutch journalist and encyclopedist Egbert Buys reflected on the complexities involved.
Hale-Rowe pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and testified against Langsner and Egbert.
Egbert of Wessex was another refugee from Offa who took shelter at the Frankish court.
In 827, Northumbria submitted to Egbert of Wessex at Dore, briefly making Egbert the first king to reign over a united England.
During the period of the reigns from Egbert to Alfred the Great, the kings of Wessex emerged as Bretwalda, unifying the country.
Another ealdorman, Wiglaf, subsequently ruled for less than two years before being driven out of Mercia by Egbert.
Under Egbert, Surrey, Sussex, Kent, Essex, and Mercia, along with parts of Dumnonia, were conquered.
The last king of Essex was Sigered and in 825, he ceded the kingdom to Egbert of Wessex.
No king of Wessex was to venture so far east until Egbert, over a hundred years later.
In 802 the fortunes of Wessex were transformed by the accession of Egbert who came from a cadet branch of the ruling dynasty that claimed descent from Ine's brother Ingild.
Offa rescinded grants made to Canterbury by Egbert, and it is also known that Jaenberht claimed the monastery of Cookham, which was in Offa's possession.
The ascendency of the Mercians came to an end in 825, when they were soundly beaten under Beornwulf at the Battle of Ellendun by Egbert of Wessex.
For example, Offa, king of Mercia, and Egbert, king of Wessex, are sometimes described as kings of England by popular writers, but not by all historians.
After the defeat of the Mercian king Beornwulf around AD 825, Sigered, the last king of Essex, ceded the kingdom which then became a possession of the Wessex king Egbert.
His acting flag captain, Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer, on the Brederode kept up fleet morale by not lowering Tromp's standard, pretending Tromp was still alive.
Examples from Classical Literature
I heard Cousin Egbert say with what I was aghast to suspect was admiration.
Then to my amazement Cousin Egbert insisted that our cabman should sit at table with us.
Cousin Egbert was already seated in the cab, and I could do nothing but follow.
Cousin Egbert muttered sullenly to himself as he assisted me with the bags.
In the matter of music, however, I was pleased to accept the advice of Cousin Egbert.
The latter received his lordship in bed, so Cousin Egbert later informed me.
Sears and Elizabeth were bending over the ledger and Egbert opened the door.
They thought Egbert was as wonderful as ever, but they agreed that lobelia had roped him in.
Then at last we came to the wilderness abode of Cousin Egbert.
In contrast, Richard Price said that his King Egbert could not have won the sprint handicap if there was much ease in the ground.
He found that Judge knowles had not discussed Egbert with her at all.
David Egbert, said he had an influx of calls from concerned parents asking to hold off on the MMR vaccination in order to prioritise the meningococcal meningitis one.
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