Bretwalda ( also brytenwalda and bretenanwealda ) is an Old English word, the first record of which comes from the late 9th century Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.

For some time the existence of the word bretwalda in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, which was based in part on the list given by Bede in his Historia Ecclesiastica, led historians to think that there was perhaps a ' title ' held by Anglo-Saxon overlords.

Since the early 20th century it has been commonly accepted that Old Irish Bel ( l ) taine is derived from a Common Celtic * belo-te ( p ) niâ, meaning " bright fire " ( where the element * belo-might be cognate with the English word bale in ' bale-fire ' meaning ' white ' or ' shining '; compare Anglo-Saxon bael, and Lithuanian / Latvian baltas / balts, found in the name of the Baltic ; in Slavic languages byelo or beloye also means ' white ', as in Беларусь ( White Russia or Belarus ) or Бе ́ лое мо ́ ре Sea ).

Here, again, a new term appears in the record, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the first time using the word scottas, from which Scots derives, to describe the inhabitants of Constantine's kingdom in its report of these events.

The name " dill " comes from Old English dile, thought to have originated from a Norse or Anglo-Saxon word dylle meaning to soothe or lull, the plant having the carminative property of relieving gas.

The modern English term Easter developed from the Old English word Ēastre or Ēostre (), which itself developed prior to 899, originally referring to the name of the Anglo-Saxon goddess Ēostre.

It is possible that the Latin word was loaned into Old English, and only from Old English reached other Germanic languages via the Anglo-Saxon mission to the continent, giving Old Icelandic prestr, Old Swedish präster, Old High German priast.

The name derives from the Anglo-Saxon word Hoe, a sloping ridge shaped like an inverted foot and heel.

The word " silver " appears in Anglo-Saxon in various spellings such as seolfor and siolfor.

In Old English, the word wicing appears first in the Anglo-Saxon poem, " Widsith ", which probably dates from the 9th century.

The English word " god " comes from Anglo-Saxon ; similar words are found in many Germanic languages ( e. g. the German " Gott " — " god ").

John Maddicott regarded the word witan with suspicion, even though it is used in sources such as the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle:

In Anglo-Saxon, the word dic already existed and was pronounced with a hard c in northern England and as ditch in the south.

* Keynes, Simon, ' Royal government and the written word in late Anglo-Saxon England ' in The Uses of Literacy in Early Medieval Europe.

The burg element is Anglo-Saxon and could refer either to a fortified place such as a burh or, more likely, a monastic enclosure, however the Glestinga element is obscure, and may derive from an Old English word or from a Saxon or Celtic personal name.

The word shilling comes from scilling, an accounting term that dates back to Anglo-Saxon times where it was deemed to be the value of a cow in Kent or a sheep elsewhere.

Théoden is referred to as " Théoden King ", rather than " King Théoden ", just as Scandinavian and the Anglo-Saxon era kings had the word konungr / cyning (" king ") added after their names, e. g. Hervarðar konungr, rather than before.

The word yeoman was spelled in various ways in the Middle Ages, such as yeman, yoman, yoeman, and may be derived from an Anglo-Saxon or other Germanic word yongeman or yongerman, yonge man or iunge man (" young man ").

The Scottish title Laird is a shortened form of ' laverd ' which is an old Scottish word deriving from an Anglo-Saxon term meaning ' Lord ' and is also derived from the middle English word ' Lard ' also meaning ' Lord '.

This way of propagation is shown in the name: Mistel is the Anglo-Saxon word for dung, and tan is the word for twig ; put together this becomes dung-on-a-twig.

The word " locust " is derived from the Vulgar Latin locusta, which was originally used to refer to various types of crustaceans and insects ; English " lobster " is derived from Anglo-Saxon loppestre, which may come from Latin locusta.

The celebration of deeds of ancient Danish and Swedish heroes, the poem beginning with a tribute to the royal line of Danish kings, but written in the dominant literary dialect of Anglo-Saxon England, for a number of scholars points to the 11th century reign of Canute, the Danish king whose empire included all of these areas, and whose primary place of residence was in England, as the most likely time of the poem's creation, the poem being written as a celebration of the king's heroic royal ancestors, perhaps intended as a form of artistic flattery by one of his English courtiers.

According to Schapiro, " the Anglo-Saxon taste for the Hell Mouth was perhaps influenced by the northern pagan myth of the Crack of Doom and the battle with the wolf, who devoured Odin.

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, in the " D " version, goes so far as to state that William visited England in the later part of 1051, perhaps to secure confirmation of the succession, or perhaps William was attempting to secure aid for his troubles in Normandy.

The Staffordshire Hoard, discovered in a field in Hammerwich, near Lichfield in July 2009, is perhaps the most important collection of Anglo-Saxon objects found in England

The ranks of baron and earl date to feudal, and perhaps Anglo-Saxon, times.

The battle may have been on the frontier between the territories of the native British inhabitants and the Anglo-Saxon invaders, perhaps near the Wansdyke.

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ( MS E ) describes Eric laconically as ‘ Harold ’ s son ’ ( Haroldes sunu ), perhaps assuming some familiarity on the reader's part.

Anglo-Saxon crosses were typically more slender, and often nearly square in section, though when, as with the Ruthwell Cross and Bewcastle Cross, they were geographically close to areas of the Celtic Church, they seem to have been larger, perhaps to meet local expectations, and the two 9th century Mercian Sandbach Crosses are the largest up to that period from anywhere.

Ecgfrith appears to have been the earliest Northumbrian king, and perhaps the earliest of the Anglo-Saxon rulers, to have issued the silver penny, which became the mainstay of English coinage for centuries afterwards.

A witness named Frithuric is recorded on a charter in the reign of Wulfhere's successor, Æthelred, making a grant to the monastery of Peterborough, and the alliteration common in Anglo-Saxon dynasties has led to speculation that the two men may have both come from a Middle Anglian dynasty, with Wulfhere perhaps having placed Frithuwold on the throne of Surrey.

In Theodism or Anglo-Saxon neopaganism in particular, the symbel has a particularly high importance, considered " perhaps the highest rite " or " amongst the most holy rites " celebrated.

Both traditions represent her as an Anglo-Saxon originally of elite birth, perhaps a relative of King Ricberht of East Anglia, the last pagan king there.

It was an 18 foot, free standing, Anglo-Saxon Cross, perhaps intended as a " conversion tool ".

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle states :- " The Wealas ( Cornish ) and the Defnas ( men of Devon ) fought at Gafulforda " ( perhaps Galford in west Devon ).

Standing crosses in Ireland and areas under Irish influence tend to be shorter and more massive than their Anglo-Saxon equivalents, which have mostly lost their headpieces, and therefore perhaps required the extra strength provided by the ring.

It is thought that Stockton fell into this category and perhaps the name is an indication that Stockton was an outpost of Durham or Norton which were both important Anglo-Saxon centres.

Cuthbert was an Anglo-Saxon, perhaps of a noble family, born in the Kingdom of Northumbria in the mid-630s, some ten years after the conversion of King Edwin to Christianity in 627, which was slowly followed by that of the rest of his people.

Later Anglo-Saxon art in England, from about 900, was expressive in a very different way, with agitated figures and even drapery perhaps best shown in the many pen drawings in manuscripts.

It remained a standard letter throughout the Anglo-Saxon era, eventually falling out of use ( perhaps under the influence of French orthography ) during the Middle English period, circa 1300.

The village name is Anglo-Saxon Hǣdanhām, " Hǣda's Homestead " or, perhaps Hǣdingahām, " the home of the Hadding tribe ".

It is thought to have been the site of an Anglo-Saxon castle, and is said to have been where Hubba the Dane attacked Devon and was repelled ( perhaps by Alfred the Great or by the Earl of Devon ).