There [sc. at Brentford] there was a great loss of life by drowning of the English (Anonymi 2312).
Year
1016
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1016 CDE
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Anonymi 2312
(Great number of English people who went ahead of the fierd (Anonymi 2300) and drowned in 1016) : There was a great loss of life through drowning of the English (Anonymi 2312) because of their own carelessness. They had gone ahead of the fierd (Anonymi 2300) and wished to seize booty.