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Ironside   Listen
noun
ironside  n.  A man of great strength and endurance, especially on who is brave.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Ironside" Quotes from Famous Books



... to a chronicle play (leaves 97-118), Edmond Ironside: The English King. This piece had a second title—A trew Chronicle History called War hath made all friends. It must be confessed that this old play is a tedious business, sadly wanting in life and movement. The following extract will give a ...
— A Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. II • Various

... landed at the mouth of the Humber and again swept over the land like a torrent, and the English, tired of obedience to kings who could not defend them, recognized him as king of the North. His son, Canute the Great, had to contend with a rival more worthy of him, (Edmund Ironside.) Returning from Denmark at the head of a considerable force, and aided by the perfidious Edric, Canute ravaged the southern part of England and threatened London. A new division of the kingdom resulted; but, Edmund having ...
— The Art of War • Baron Henri de Jomini

... who calls for mention is Christine, daughter of Eadmund Ironside, and sister of Eadgar the AEtheling, and of St. Margaret, Queen of Scotland, who became a nun at Romsey, and is supposed by some to have been Abbess, though this is very doubtful. The Scotch king Malcolm Canmore and Margaret ...
— Bell's Cathedrals: A Short Account of Romsey Abbey • Thomas Perkins



Words linked to "Ironside" :   adult male, Edmund Ironside, man



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