Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun battle_of_maldon

1 sense of battle of maldon

Sense 1
Maldon, Battle of Maldon -- (a battle in which the Danes defeated the Saxons in 991; celebrated in an old English poem)
       INSTANCE OF=> pitched battle -- (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)