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The Viking fleet was led by a Norwegian, [Olaf Trygvasson]?. The Viking force is estimated to have been between 2000 and 4000 fighting men. A source from the 12th century, [Liber Eliensis]?, written by the monks at Ely, suggests that Brythnoth had only a few men to command: "he was neither shaken by the small number of his men, nor fearful of the multitude of the enemy"
The Viking fleet was led by a Norwegian, [Olaf Trygvasson]?. The Viking force is estimated to have been between 2000 and 4000 fighting men. A source from the 12th century, [Liber Eliensis]?, written by the monks at Ely, suggests that Brythnoth had only a few men to command: "he was neither shaken by the small number of his men, nor fearful of the multitude of the enemy".

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