Quo dum pergerent, pro sua singuli copia magna militum manu stipati, contigit, ut Brun et Ecberdus, patrueles regis, casu inciderent in multitudinem predicti Ottonis, conglobato agmine ad curtem regiam proficiscentis. Hi preter causam publicam privatis quoque inimiciciis infestissimi illi erant. Nec mora dato militibus signo ad pugnam, equis subdunt calcaria, et pari utraque pars audacia, paribus odiis in mutua vulnera ruunt. Ibi in prima fronte Brun et Otto, ambo pleni irarum, ambo sui tegendi inmemores, dum hostem ferirent, tam concitatos in sese vicissim impetus dederunt, ut uterque alterum primo incursu equo excussum letali vulnere transfoderet.
Translation :
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Edition :
Lampert von Hersfeld - Annalen, In: A. Schmidt, W. D. Fritz (FSGA 13), Darmstadt.
Remark :
long-term consequence: Bruns brother, Count Ekbert continues the battle and routs the army of Otto, described in: "The wounded Count Ekbert of Brunswick attacks the soldiers of Margrave Otto of Nordmark, furious after the death of his brother, killing the son of Count Bernhard and causing the rest to flee."
