Filius autem Osualdi regis Oidiluald, qui eis auxilio esse debuerat, in parte erat adversariorum, eisdemque contra patriam et patruum suum pugnaturis ductor exstiterat, quamvis ipso tempore pugnandi sese pugnae subtraxerat, eventumque discriminis tuto in loco exspectabat.
Moreover, Ethelwald, the son of King Oswald, who was expected to stand with his fellow countrymen, chose to fight against his country and his uncle by becoming a captain for the enemy. However, when the battle began, he withdrew himself from the fighting and waited for the outcome of the battle in a nearby hold.