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See also:OSWALD (c. 605—642) , See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Northumbria, was one of the sons of See also:IEthelfrith and was expelled from Northumbria on the See also:accession of See also:Edwin, though he himself was a son of Edwin's See also:sister Acha. He appears to have spent some of his See also:- EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)
exile in See also:Iona, where he was instructed in the principles of See also:Christianity.
In 634 he defeated and slew the See also:British king Ceadwalla at a See also:place called by See also:Bede Denisesburn, near Hefenfelth, which has been identified with St Oswald's Cocklaw, near Chollerford, See also:Northumberland. By this he avenged his See also:brother Eanfrith, who had succeeded Edwin in See also:Bernicia, and became king of Northumbria. Oswald reunited See also:Deira and Bernicia, and soon raised his See also:kingdom to a position equal to that which it had occupied in the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of Edwin, with whom he is classed by Bede as one of the seven See also:great Anglo-Saxon See also:kings. His See also:close See also:alliance with the See also:Celtic See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church is the characteristic feature of his reign.
In 635 he sent to the elders of the Scots for a See also:bishop. On the arrival of See also:Aidan in See also:answer to this See also:request he assigned to him the See also:island of Lindisfarne as his see, near the royal See also:city of See also:Barn-See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough. He also completed the See also:minster of St See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter at See also:York which had been begun by See also:Paulinus under Edwin. Bede declares that Oswald ruled over " all the peoples and provinces of See also:Britain, which includes four See also:languages, those of the Britons, Picts, Scots and Angles." His relationship to Edwin may have helped him to consolidate Deira and Bernicia. See also:Early in his reign he was See also:sponsor to the See also:West Saxon king See also:Cynegils, whose daughter he married. In 642 he was defeated and slain at a place called Maserfeld, probably See also:Oswestry in See also:Shropshire, by See also:Penda of See also:Mercia.
See Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica, ed. C. Plummer (See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, 1896), ii. 5, 14, 20; iii. 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9-14; Anglo-Saxon See also:Chronicle, ed. J. See also:Earle and C. Plummer (Oxford, 1899), s.a., 617, 634, 635, 642, 654.
End of Article: OSWALD (c. 605—642)
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