Crossword-Solution: OFFA
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| Coming ___ slump | 1 answer |
| ___'s Dyke, Wales | 1 answer |
| Teutonic legendary hero. | 1 answer |
| Old English dyke builder | 1 answer |
| Medieval king | 1 answer |
| MERCIAN King | 1 answer |
| Falling-log link | 1 answer |
| Eighth-century Mercian king | 1 answer |
| Easy as falling -- log | 1 answer |
| Dyke building king | 1 answer |
| Anglian hero in "Beowulf." | 1 answer |
| "Like water __ duck's back" | 1 answer |
| "Get Up ___ That Thing" (James Brown jam) | 1 answer |
| "...___ short pier!" | 1 answer |
| " ... long walk ___ short pier!" | 1 answer |
| " . . . falling ___ log" | 1 answer |
| Anglo-Saxon king | 2 answers |
| MERCIAN King, first | 2 answers |
| ANGELI, PIER FILM | 10 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TEEAR
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with OFFA (5)
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.” Just past the weir (going up) is Danes’ Field, where the invading Danes once encamped, during their march to Gloucestershire; and a little further still, nestling by a sweet corner of the stream, is what is left of Medmenham Abbey.
Penda was the son of Wybba, Wybba of Creoda, Creoda of Cynewald, Cynewald of Cnebba, Cnebba of Icel, Icel of Eomer, Eomer of Angelthew, Angelthew of Offa, Offa of Wearmund, Wearmund of Whitley, Whitley of Woden.
Offa was the son of Thingferth, Thingferth of Enwulf, Enwulf of Osmod, Osmod of Eawa, Eawa of Webba, Webba of Creoda, Creoda of Cenwald, Cenwald of Cnebba, Cnebba of Icel, Icel of Eomer, Eomer of Angelthew, Angelthew of Offa, Offa of Wermund, Wermund of Witley, Witley of Woden.
The king, Offa, and King Everth, and Archbishop Hibbert, and Bishop Ceolwulf, and Bishop Inwona, and Abbot Beonna, and many other bishops, and abbots, and rich men, were witnesses to this.
This year died Bothwin, Abbot of Ripon, and a litigious synod was holden at Chalk-hythe; Archbishop Eanbert resigned some part of his bishopric, Hibbert was appointed bishop by King Offa, and Everth was consecrated king.
Quotes with OFFA (2)
She serves me a piece of it a few minutesout of the oven. A little steam risesfrom the slits on top. Sugar and spice -cinnamon - burned into the crust. But she's wearing these dark glassesin the kitchen at ten o'clockin the morning - everything nice -as she watches me break offa piece, bring it to my mouth, and blow on it. My daughter's kitchen, in winter. I fork the pie inand tell myself to stay out of it. She says she loves him. No waycould it be worse.
Many historians regard him [Offa] as the most powerful Anglo-Saxon king before Alfred the Great. In the 780s he extended his power over most of Southern England. One of the most remarkable extantfrom King Offa's reign is a gold coin that is kept in the British Museum. On one side, it carries the inscription Offa Rex (Offa the King). But, turn it over and you are in for a surprise, for in badly copied Arabic are the words La Illaha Illa Allah ('There is no god but Allah alone'…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Newsday, NYT, Onion, Slate.
Used 13 times in crossword archives (1960–2010).