maldon

English Thesaurus

1. a battle in which the Danes defeated the Saxons in 991; celebrated in an old English poem (noun.act)

instance hypernym	:	pitched battle,
definition	:	a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place (noun.act)

domain region	:	england,
definition	:	a division of the United Kingdom (noun.location)