The Wikipedia article of the day for May 9, 2018 is Siward, Earl of Northumbria. Siward was an earl of 11th-century northern England. The Old Norse nickname Digri and its Latin translation Grossus (“the stout”) are given to him by near-contemporary texts. Siward was probably of Scandinavian origin, perhaps a relative of Earl Ulf, and …
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