Offa

First appears: Section XXVII

In Section XXVII, the poem tells in a digression that Thryth went as a bride to Offa’s hall and became queen, where she prospered. It also tells that after marrying Offa, she wrought fewer folk-horrors. Eomer was Offa’s son.

Relationship record

Life events

• In a digression, the poem tells that Thryth went as a bride to Offa and became queen.(Section XXVII · 📍 Offa's hall)
  • With: Thryth
  • “after she went, gold-decked bride, to the brave young prince, atheling haughty, and Offa's hall o'er the fallow flood at her father's bidding safely sought, where since she prospered, royal, throned, rich in goods,”
• In a digression, the poem tells that after marrying Offa, Thryth wrought fewer folk-horrors.(Section XXVII)
  • With: Thryth
  • “that of these folk-horrors fewer she wrought, onslaughts of evil, after she went, gold-decked bride, to the brave young prince,”

Section XXVII

• married with Thryth “gold-decked bride, to the brave young prince, atheling haughty, and Offa's hall”
• child: Eomer “Eomer woke to him”

Also listed in Other Figures — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of Beowulf (Gummere's translation). Made with Rho MD.