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Bretwalda
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Bret·wal·da
Definition of Bretwalda
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: the chief king in Anglo-Saxon England —used as a title in the Old English Chronicle for several kings said to have held supremacy over kingdoms beyond their own
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Origin and Etymology of bretwalda
Old English bretwalda, brytenwealda, probably from Bryten Britain + -walda, -wealda (from wealdan to rule)
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