Offa, king of the Mercians, Eadburh, daughter of, 16;
his dyke, 37;
code of, 63 _n._;
Alfred made descendant of, 65;
his patronage of learning, 136.
Ohthere, a Northman, voyage of, 160.
Orosius, his universal history, 8, 157;
Alfred’s translation of, 8, 10, 110, 159-65;
relation of, to Chronicle, 146, 157-8;
to the Bede translation, 156-9;
to the Boethius translation, 159.
Osburh, first wife of Æthelwulf, and mother of Alfred, 81, 83, 84, 123;
not divorced by Æthelwulf, 84.
Oswald, St., king of the Northumbrians, his body translated from Bardney
to Gloucester, 34, 35.
Oxford, interpolation in Asser relating to, 23, 24;
legends relating to, 63, 68;
English and Danes reconciled at, 67;
University of, carries on Alfred’s work, 193;
bishop of, _see_ Stubbs, William.
Paris, description of, by Asser, 18;
count of, _see_ Odo.
Parker, Matthew, archbishop of Canterbury, interpolates the text of
Asser, 24.
Paul I, Pope, sends a horologe to Pippin the Short, 131.
Pavia, Eadburh of Wessex, a mendicant at, 16.
Penda, king of the Mercians, attacks the East Angles, 66.
Persia, SS. Milus and Senneus martyred in, 34;
king of, sends a clock to Charles the Great, 131 _n._