Cumque per Albiae fluminis ostium ascendentes irrumperent provintiam tunc congregati Saxonum magnates, cum parvum habuissent exercitum, egredientes a navibus barbaros exceperunt apud Stadium, quod est oportunum Albiae portus et presidium. Magnum et memorabile nimisque infelix erat illud prelium, in quo viriliter utrisque certantibus nostri tandem minores sunt reperti. Sueones et Dani victores totam virtutem Saxonum optrivere. Capti sunt ibi marchio Sigafridus, comes Thiadricus et alii illustres viri, quos vinctis post terga manibus barbari traxerunt ad naves et pedes eorum catena strinxerunt, totam exinde provintiam impune predantes.
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Edition :
Adam von Bremen: Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum. In: W. Trillmich, R. Buchner: Quellen des 9. und 11. Jahrhunderts zur Geschichte der Hamburgischen Kirche und des Reiches (FSGA 11), Darmstadt , 137–499.
Notes :
For the related mutilation of those captured, refer to: "Vikings cut off the legs, hands and noses of captured Saxon nobles and throw them at shore out of anger, after Count Siegfried of Stade had escaped from them."
