offa
Speech parts
1. offa - Verb
2. offa - Preposition
Meaning
offa
(colloquial) Off of.
offa
Pronunciation spelling of offer.
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After 772, there is no further evidence of Mercian involvement in Sussex until c. 790, and it may be that Offa gained control of Sussex in the late 780s, as he did in Kent.
After the northern council George returned to the south and another council was held, attended by both Offa and Jaenberht, at which further canons were issued.
Both Æthelbald and Offa granted land in Middlesex and London as they wished; in 767 a charter of Offa's disposed of land in Harrow without a local ruler as witness.
As a result, the number and location of mints used by Offa is uncertain.
Charlemagne refers to Offa as his "brother", and mentions trade in black stones, sent from the continent to England, and cloaks (or possibly cloths), traded from England to the Franks.
Egbert of Wessex was another refugee from Offa who took shelter at the Frankish court.