Othulf

Role: governor · First appears: A.D. 910–920

Life events

911 · King Edward's army defeated the enemy and slew Eowils, Healfden, Ohter, Scurf, Agmund, Othulf, Benesing, Anlaf, Thunferth, and Guthferth.(A.D. 910–920)
- With: Edward son of Alfred Eowils Healfden Ohter Scurf Agmund Benesing Anlaf the Swarthy Thunferth Guthferth
- “When the king learned on enquiry that they were gone out on plunder, he sent his army both from Wessex and Mercia; and they came up with the rear of the enemy as he was on his way homeward, and there fought with him and put him to flight, and slew many thousands of his men. There fell King Eowils, and King Healfden; Earls Ohter and Scurf; Governors Agmund, Othulf, and Benesing; Anlaf the Swarthy, and Governor Thunferth; Osferth the collector, and Governor Guthferth.”

enemies with Edward son of Alfred “The king had gathered together about a hundred ships, and was then in Kent while the ships were sailing along sea by the south-east to meet him. The army therefore supposed that the greatest part of his force was in the ships, and that they might go, without being attacked, where that ever they would. When the king learned on enquiry that they were gone out on plunder, he sent his army both from Wessex and Mercia; and they came up with the rear of the enemy as he was on his way homeward, and there fought with him and put him to flight, and slew many thousands of his men. There fell King Eowils, and King Healfden; Earls Ohter and Scurf; Governors Agmund, Othulf, and Benesing; Anlaf the Swarthy, and Governor Thunferth; Osferth the collector, and Governor Guthferth.”

Extracted from the original text of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Made with Rho MD.