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 _fw-fr  _fw-fr mollo_n or_o ethelwold_n north._n 11._o mollo_n by_o the_o subtle_a train_n of_o altredus_n be_v make_v away_o which_o altredus_n also_o himself_o after_o he_o have_v reign_v x._o year_n be_v expulse_v by_o his_o own_o people_n  _fw-fr in_o some_o chronicle_n vj._n year_n  _fw-fr altredus_n northum_n expulse_v 10_o in_o some_o chronicle_n this_o altredus_n reign_v but_o viij_o year_n  _fw-fr ethelbertus_fw-la or_o edelredus_n northumberland_n expulse_v 5_o  _fw-fr alfwoldus_n northumberland_n slay_v 11_o  _fw-fr osredus_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr ethelbertus_fw-la or_o adelwaldus_fw-la north._n slay_v 16_o ¶_o after_o this_o ethelbert_n the_o kingdom_n of_o northumberland_n cease_v the_o space_n of_o twenty-five_o year_n till_o egbertus_fw-la king_n of_o the_o westsaxon_n subdue_v also_o they_o as_o he_o do_v the_o other_o saxon_n to_o his_o dominion_n after_o the_o which_o egbert_n king_n of_o the_o westsaxon_n succeed_v in_o northumberland_n his_o son_n king_n of_o westsaxon_n 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