Complex sentence: In the "Life of Alfred" (893), Asser states that the pagans worshipped this Geat himself for a long time as a god, quoting a disdainful verse attributed to Coelius Sedulius (5th century).
Split into simpler sentences: In the "Life of Alfred" (893), Asser states that the pagans worshipped the Geat himself for a long time as a god. He quotes a disdainful verse attributed to Coelius Sedulius (5th century).