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) Died 796.

King of Mercia (757-796). With Charlemagne he signed the first recorded English commercial treaty (796).

Offa [ˈɒfə]

(Biographies / Offa (death date: 796) M, Mercian, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) died 796 ad, king of Mercia (757-796), who constructed an earthwork (Offa's Dyke) between Wales and Mercia

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Desponsage feta Mercia			When King Offa ruled in Mercia, about a hundred and fifty years later, he restored Christianity, and under its protection the nunnery of St. The Lair of the White Worm by Stoker, Bram View in context The village of Hurley, five minutes' walk from the lock, is as old a little spot as there is on the river, dating, as it does, to quote the quaint phraseology of those dim days, "from the times of King Sebert and King Offa. Three Men In A Boat (To Say Nothing Of The Dog) by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context			off-road off-roader off-sales off-screen off-season off-site off-speed off-speed pitch off-street off-street parking off-the-clock off-the-cuff off-the-job off-the-job training off-the-peg off-the-rack off-the-record off-the-shelf off-the-shelf item off-the-shoulder off-the-wall off-track off-track betting off-white off-year election Offa offal Offaly offbeat offcut Offenbach offence offenceless offend offend against Offendant offended offender offending Offendress offense Offenseful Offenseless Offensible Offension offensive offensive activity offensive capability offensive counterair offensive counterair attack operations offensive information operations			Off-the-Run Treasuries Off-the-Run Treasury off-the-shelf off-the-shelf off-the-shelf off-the-shelf off-the-shelf off-the-shelf item Off-the-Shelf Option off-the-shoulder off-the-wall off-the-wall off-the-wall off-the-wall off-the-wall off-the-wall Off-topic forum off-track off-track betting off-track betting Off-Track Standardbred Off-Track Wagering Off-Vehicle Charging Off-Vertical Axis Rotation off-white off-white Off-world Resource Base Off-year election Off-year elections OFF/C Offa Offa's Dike Offa's Dike Offa's Dyke Offa's Dyke offal offal offals offals Offaly Offaly Offaly Offaly Anti-War Movement Offaly Historical and Archaeological Society Offas Dyke Offas Dyke offbeat offbeat offbeat Offbeat Bride Offbeat Bride Tribe offbeats offbeats offbeats Offboard Offboard Deception Devices System Offboard Mission Support Offboard Targeting Experiments offboarding offc OFFCPM

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