þæs ymb .iiii. niht Æþered
Cyning 7 ælfred his broþur þær
micle fierd to Readingum gelæddon 7 wiþ þone
here gefuhton. 7 þær wæs micel
wæl geslægen on gehwæþre
hond, 7 Æþelwulf Aldormon wearþ ofslægen,
7 þa Deniscan ahton wælstowe gewald.
7 þæs ymb .iiii. niht gefeaht Æþered
Cyning 7 Ælfred his broþur wiþ alne þone
here on Æscesdune, 7 hie wærun on
twæm gefylcum: on oþrum wæs
Bachsecg 7 Halfdene þa hæþnan
cyningas, 7 on oþrum wæron þa
eorlas. 7 þa gefeaht se cyning æþered
wiþ þara cyninga getruman, 7 þær
wearþ se cyning Bagsecg ofslægen.
Then four nights afterward king Athelred and
Alfred his brother led a great army there into
Reading and fought against the army [of the
Danes]. And there was great slaughter on either
hand, and Athelwulf the Ealdorman was slain,
and the Danes had control over the place of
slaughter. And after four nights King Athelred
and Alfred his brother fought against the entire
army at Ashdown, and they were in two groups:
in the one was Bagsecg and Halfdane, the heathen
kings, and in the other were the [Danish] earls.
And then King Athelred fought against the troop
of the kings, and there was King Bagsecg slain.