The Battle of Ringmere was fought on 5 May 1010. Norse sagas recorded a battle at ''Hringmaraheiðr''; ''

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Hringmere-hǣð'', modern name Ringmere Heath. In his Víkingarvísur, the poet Sigvat records the victory of

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(who according to Norse sources was fighting together with King EthelredJudith Jesch (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Víkingarvísur 7’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035.

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:; Edited with notes by Erling Monsen : ''Yet again Óláfr caused a sword-assembly ATTLEto be held for the seventh time in Ulfcytel’s land, as I recount the tale. The offspring of Ælla Englishmenstood over all Ringmere Heath; there was slaying of the army there, where the guardian of Haraldr’s inheritance Óláfrcaused exertion.''

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records that the Danes defeated the Saxons. Over a three-month period the Danes wasted East Anglia, burning Thetford and

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