Editing Offa of Angel (section)

==History==
The Old English poem ''[[Widsith]]'' (8th century) refers briefly to his victorious single combat, a story which is related at length by the 12th-century Danish historians [[Saxo Grammaticus|Saxo]] and  [[Sven Aggesen]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

Offa is also mentioned in  the ''Annales Ryenses'', ''Vita Offae Primi'' and  ''[[Vitae duorum Offarum]]''.

According to ''Widsith'' and the Danish sources, Offa successfully conquered the [[Myrging]]s, possibly a clan of [[Saxons|Saxon origin]], and incorporated their land into Angle or Danish lands, by slaying two Myrging princes in single combat and installing himself as their king.

It is possible that the Offa mentioned in ''[[Beowulf]]'' (lines 1949 and 1957) and married to [[Modthryth|Modþryð]], a lady of murderous disposition, is the same person.<ref name="klaeber">{{cite book|last=Klaeber|first=Friedrich|title=Beowulf and the [[Fight at Finnsburg]]|year=2008|publisher=U of Toronto P|isbn=978-0-8020-9567-1|pages=222–24|author-link=Frederick Klaeber|editor=R.D. Fulk |editor2=Robert E. Bjork |editor3=John D. Niles|chapter=1931b-62: Digression on Fremu and Offa}}</ref>