See Beorhtric on Wiktionary
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"text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\nAn. DCCLXXXIIII Hēr Cyneheard ofslōh Cynewulf cyng ⁊ hē þǣr wearð ofsleġen ⁊ LXXXIIII manna mid him. ⁊ þā onfeng Brihtrīc Westseaxna rīċes, ⁊ hē rixode XVI winter ⁊ his līc lið æt Werhām.",
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