Examples of using Offa in English and their translations into Russian
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Offa Now part of the Wolayita Zone.
He lived in Cahir Castle and ruled much of the barony of Iffa and Offa West.
Tay, Oribi, and Offa refueled from convoy oilers that afternoon.
The generally accepted theory about much of the earthwork attributes its construction to Offa, King of Mercia from 757 to 796.
After the death of Offa of Mercia in 796, it was disputed between Mercia and Wessex.
During the competition, she performed a tap dance routine to James Brown's"Get Up Offa That Thing" while wearing a two-piece outfit.
The enemies of Offa and Charlemagne, described by Adrian as the source of the rumour, are not named.
Egbert of Wessex was another refugee from Offa who took shelter at the Frankish court.
It may be that Offa was the effective overlord of Kent from 764 until at least 776.
There is less agreement among historians on whether Offa had general overlordship of Kent thereafter.
Offa is credited with the construction of Offa's Dyke, which marked the border between Wales and Mercia.
This version of events also assumes that Offa did not have control of Kent after 764-65, as some historians believe.
Both Offa and Cynewulf, king of the West Saxons, attended a council where the goals of the mission were discussed.
In 786, after the murder of Cynewulf, Offa may have intervened to place Beorhtric on the West Saxon throne.
Offa was then the most powerful king in England, and Beorhtric gained his support as a result of the marriage.
She became abbess of the monastery at Cookham and also had charge ofthe church at Bedford, where Offa was interred.
It is unlikely that Offa had significant influence in the early years of his reign outside the traditional Mercian heartland.
Grendel's mother andModthryth(before her marriage to Offa), who challenge these roles, represent"monster-women.
Offa insisted that the marriage could only go ahead if Charlemagne's daughter Bertha was married to Offa's son Ecgfrith.
The coin may have been produced to trade with Islamic Spain; orit may be part of the annual payment of 365 mancuses that Offa promised to Rome.
In 787, Offa succeeded in reducing the power of Canterbury through the establishment of a rival archdiocese at Lichfield.
Events in southern Britain to 796 have sometimes been portrayed as a struggle between Offa and Charlemagne, but the disparity in their power was enormous.
So, last year our Daniel Offa became Vice-champion of Europe among young men, and Sergey Osipenko won the Junior championship of Russia.
HMS Oribi was detached from SC127, and destroyers Penn, Panther,Impulsive, and Offa, of the 3rd Support Group under Capt. J.M. McCoy, RN.
And it may be that Offa gained control of Sussex in the late 780s, as he did in Kent.
Subsequently, Æthelheard appears as a witness on charters and presides at synods without Hygeberht,so it appears that Offa continued to respect Canterbury's authority.
Just a few years later, in 796,Charlemagne and Offa concluded the first commercial treaty known in English history.
Offa minted pennies in East Anglia in the early 790s, so it is likely that Æthelberht rebelled against Offa and was beheaded as a result.
The cause of the conflict is also unknown: if Offa was ruling Kent before 776, the battle of Otford was probably a rebellion against Mercian control.
Offa would have been aware that Charlemagne's sons, Pippin and Louis, had been consecrated as kings by Pope Adrian, and probably wished to emulate the impressive dignity of the Frankish court.