Modwenna, St., Alfred said to have been cured by, 63.
More, Sir Thomas, Hallam’s character of, 13;
imitates Boethius’ Consolatio, 179.
Mouric, king of Gwent, father of Brochmail and Fernmail, 42, 44.
Nachededorn, _see_ Naked-thorn.
Naked-thorn, name of a Berkshire Hundred and Manor in Domesday, 94.
Nelson, Lord, anecdote of, 163.
Neot, St., not identical with Athelstan, king of Kent, 6;
buried in Cornwall, 26, 29;
translated to Huntingdonshire, 29;
lives of, 24, 53-9, 67;
the source of baseless legends about Alfred, 24, 27, 28, 53, 54, 67;
made a son of Æthelwulf, 55, 57;
alleged devotion of Alfred to, 67, 68;
Annals of, their relation to Asser, 22.
Nero, Roman Emperor, Epistle to the Romans written under, 209.
Newminster, Winchester, Alfred plans the foundation of, 68, 129;
abbot of, _see_ Grimbald.
Nicholas I, Pope, dispatches pilgrims to the East, 132.
Nobis, bishop of St. Davids, expelled by Hemeid of Dyfed, 42;
dies in 873, 20;
succeeded by Llunwerth, 20, 44.
Northmen, use of the term, 87 _n._, _see_ Danes.
Northumbria, not included in Saxonia, 38;
Danes in, 42;
relation of, to Wessex, 85;
conquered by the Danes, 88;
their occupation of, recognised at Wedmore, 105;
relations of Alfred with, 113;
share of, in the campaigns of 893 ff., 113-5, 117-8;
state of learning in, 139, 140 _n._;
kings of, _see_ Aldfrid, Egbert, Oswald;
earl of, _see_ Siward.
Norway, called Germania by Welsh writers, 40, 41;
king of, _see_ Harold Hardrada.
Notker III, of St. Gallon, translates Boethius’ Consolatio into High
German, 189.
Nottingham, Danes winter at, 88;
Æthelred and Alfred march against, 88.
Novis, _see_ Nobis.
Odda, ealdorman of Devon, defeats the Danes, 103, 104, 106.