Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
NameOffa Of Angeln, 48G Grandfather
FatherWaermund King Of Angel (->350)
Web Notes notes for Offa Of Angeln
From Anglo Saxon England, by Sir Frank Stenton, ISBN 0-19-282237-3, page 13:
The poem called Widsith recites how Offa, King of Angel, drew between his people and the Myrgingas a boundary "bi Fifeldore" which the Engle and Swaefe held thenceforward. There is good reason for thinking that Fifeldore is an alternative poetical name for the river Eider. The strongest evidence for the northern origin of the Angles is the narrative of a voyage from Oslo fiord to Slesvig which King Alfred prefixed to his translation of the history of Orosius. After the narrator has described how Jutland and many islands lay on the starboard for the last two days of the voyage, Alfred, interpolates the remark that the Angles dwelt in those islands before they came hither to this land. On a point like this, Alfred, who was saturated in English traditions, is an authority of the first order.
The poem called Widsith recites how Offa, King of Angel, drew between his people and the Myrgingas a boundary "bi Fifeldore" which the Engle and Swaefe held thenceforward. There is good reason for thinking that Fifeldore is an alternative poetical name for the river Eider. The strongest evidence for the northern origin of the Angles is the narrative of a voyage from Oslo fiord to Slesvig which King Alfred prefixed to his translation of the history of Orosius. After the narrator has described how Jutland and many islands lay on the starboard for the last two days of the voyage, Alfred, interpolates the remark that the Angles dwelt in those islands before they came hither to this land. On a point like this, Alfred, who was saturated in English traditions, is an authority of the first order.