The killing of Cynewulf at Merton by Cyneheard is told at length in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as a meditation on loyalty. Cynewulf was caught alone with a woman; his retinue refused to accept a truce and all died with him. Cyneheard was then killed by the main Northumbrian force. The story became a canonical example of Anglo-Saxon warrior ethics.
Cynewulf and his retinue killed; Cyneheard and his followers killed the next morning
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