Noun
Anglo-Saxon poet (circa 9th century)
Source: WordNetMy own unryhmed cadences, and those of other writers are a reversion to the real English tradition of Cynewulf. F. S. Flint
In 786, after the murder of Cynewulf, Offa may have intervened to place Beorhtric on the West Saxon throne. Source: Internet
Cynewulf was murdered in 786. His succession was contested by Egbert, but he was defeated by Beorhtric, maybe with Offa's assistance. Source: Internet
Stenton, Anglo-Saxon England, p. 209. No indisputably authentic charters from before this date show Cynewulf in Offa's entourage, and there is no evidence that Offa ever became Cynewulf's overlord. Source: Internet
Yorke, Kings and Kingdoms, p. 147. If Offa did not gain the advantage in Wessex until defeating Cynewulf in 779, it may be that his successes south of the river were a necessary prerequisite to his interventions in the southeast. Source: Internet