 | 1847 - 788 pagina’s
...were full-nigh twice as long as the others ;" says the chronicler, "some had sixty oars, and some had more ; they were both swifter and steadier, and also higher than the others. They were shapen neither like the Frisian nor the Danish ; but so as it seemed to him that they would be most efficient." Evidently... | |
 | sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1847 - 508 pagina’s
...described : — "They were full-nigh twice as long as the others ; some had sixty oars,d and some had more ; they were both swifter and steadier, and also...higher, than the others. They were shapen neither like the Frisian nor the Danish ; but so as it seemed to him that they would be most efficient:"' and... | |
 | 1847 - 818 pagina’s
...twiee as long as the others;" says the chronicler, " some had sixty oars, and some had more ; thev were both swifter and steadier, and also higher than the others. They were shapen neither like the Frisian nor the Danish ; but so as it seemed to him that they would be most efficient." Evidently... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1851 - 634 pagina’s
...oppose the sescs ; they were full-nigh twice as long as the others ; some had sixty oars, and some had more ; they were both swifter and steadier, and also higher than the others. They were shapen neither like the Frisian nor the Danish, but so as it seemed to him that they would be most efficient. Then... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1851 - 280 pagina’s
...oppose the BBSCS ; they were fullnigh twice as long as the others ; some had sixty oars, and some had more ; they were both swifter and steadier, and also higher than the others. They were shapen neither like the Frisian nor the Danish, but so as it seemed to him that they would be most efficient. Then... | |
 | Alfred (King of England) - 1852 - 590 pagina’s
...oppose the aescs; they were full-nigh twice as long as the others ; some had sixty oars, and some had more : they were both swifter and steadier, and also higher than the others. They were shapen neither like the Frisian nor the Danish, but so as it seemed to him that they would be most efficient. Then... | |
 | 1853 - 440 pagina’s
...oppose the "esks;" they were full-nigh twice as long as the others; some had sixty oars, and some had more ; they were both swifter and steadier, and also higher than the others. They were shapen neither like the Frisian nor the Danish, but so as it seemed to him they would be most efficient. Then some... | |
 | Anglo-Saxon chronicle - 1853 - 448 pagina’s
...oppose the "esks;" they were full-nigh twice as long as the others; some had sixty oars, and some had more; they were both swifter and steadier, and also higher than the others. They were shapen neither like the Frisian nor the Danish, but so as it seemed to him they would be most efficient. Then some... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1855 - 562 pagina’s
...oppose the seses ; they were full-nigh twice as long as the others ; some had sixty oars, and some had more ; they were both swifter and steadier, and also higher than the others. They were shapen neither like the Frisian nor the Danish, but so as it seemed to him that they would be most efficient. Then... | |
 | Alfred (King of England) - 1858 - 596 pagina’s
...oppose the IESCS; they were full-nigh twice as long as the others ; some had sixty oars, and some had more : they were both swifter and steadier, and also higher than the others. They were shapen neither like the Frisian nor the Danish, but so as it seemed to him that they would be most efficient. Then... | |
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West-Saxons, chiefly on the south coast, by predatory bands ; most of all by their ' aescs,' which they had built many years before. Then king Alfred commanded long ships to be built to oppose the aescs; they were full-nigh twice as long as the others... 
