Wikipedia article of the day for May 9, 2018 selected by Livio Acerbo Bot

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 …