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Wermund runs to embrace his victorious son Offa. Illustration by the Danish Lorenz Frølich in a 19th-century book.

Offa (nickname for Wulf) is a semi-legendary king of the Angles in the genealogy of the kings of Mercia presented in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. He is the son of Wermund and the father of Angeltheow. His name is also mentioned in the Old English poem Widsith. He has been identified with Uffo (also Uffe, Uffi of Jutland), a legendary Danish king in the Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus.

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Offa of Angel

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Offa (nickname for Wulf) is a semi-legendary king of the Angles in the genealogy of the kings of Mercia presented in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. He is the...

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Myrging

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are mentioned as the people of the scop Widsith. They appear to have been the neighbours of the Angles and Offa of Angel, who was involved in a war against...

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Kings of the Angles

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by Offa about whom many tales were told (and who is usually referred to as Offa of Angel to distinguish him from his supposed descendant Offa of Mercia)...

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List of Beowulf characters

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reformed by, Offa of Angel. Offa of Angel – a king of the Angles who also appears in Norse tradition. Ohthere – king of the Swedish house of Scylfings,...

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Wulf

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Offa, Yffe, Uffa, Wuffa. Corresponding continental forms are Uffo, Uffi. The name of the ancient tribe of the Ubii may also be related. Offa of Angel...

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Iclingas

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or House of Icel) were a dynasty of Kings of Mercia during the 7th and 8th centuries, named for Icel or Icil, great-grandson of Offa of Angel, a legendary...

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Wermund

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Garmund is an ancestor of the Mercian royal family, a son of Wihtlaeg and father of Offa. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle makes him a grandson of Woden, but the Gesta...

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Cynethryth

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(Cyneðryð; died after AD 798) was a Queen of Mercia, wife of King Offa of Mercia and mother of King Ecgfrith of Mercia. Cynethryth is the only Anglo-Saxon...

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Sons of Odin

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versions, Wihtlæg is father of Wermund, father of Offa of Angel. According to the Old English poem Widsith, Offa ruled over the continental Angles. Saxo, though...

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England

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featuring Offa of Angel and Wayland the Smith, others date from after the Norman invasion. The legends featuring Robin Hood and his Merry Men of Sherwood...

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Vitae duorum Offarum

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figure of the Mercians, and King Offa of Mercia (r. 757-796), through whose lives the text recounts the foundation of St Alban's Abbey: Offa of Angel made...

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Freawine

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son of Friðgar and the father of Wig. In the Gesta Danorum, Frowin was the father-in-law of Offa of Angel (presented as a prince and later king of Denmark)...

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Dan II of Denmark

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Dan II is one of the legendary Danish kings, the son of Offa of Angel, described in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum. Dan (king) Olrik's edition Elton's...

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Eadgils of the Myrgings

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Offa unable to speak when he was young.[clarification needed] The Chronicle of the Kings of Lejre, Peter Tunstall's translation The story of Offa of Angel...

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Culture of England

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tales featuring Offa of Angel and Wayland the Smith, others date from after the Norman conquest of England: Robin Hood and his Merry Men of Sherwood and...

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Mercia

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in 873–874 that the Great Heathen Army deposed the King of Mercia. Slightly earlier, King Offa seems to have favoured Tamworth. It was there where he was...

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Lichfield Cathedral

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allegiance to the Archbishop of Canterbury in Kent who, whilst under Offa's control, was not of his own kingdom of Mercia. Offa therefore created his own...

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Marshalsea

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striking the Duke of Devonshire, William Cavendish, on the ear. Irish nobles Brian O'Connor Faly, Baron Offaly, and Giolla Pádraig O'More, Lord of Laois, were...

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Lichfield Angel

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end of the reign of Offa of Mercia at a time when Lichfield served as a third archbishopric in England.: 17  The cult of St Chad, the fifth bishop of Mercia...

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List of villages in Ogun State

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This is a list of villages and settlements in Ogun State, Nigeria, organised by local government area (LGA) and district/area (with postal codes also given)...

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