Offa, King of Mercia, 18 n., 219 n., 392.
Offerings at the Altar, divisions of, 49, 50.
Oftfor, Bishop of Worcester, 273, 274, 380 n.
Oiddi, a priest of Wilfrid's, 245.
Oidilwald, sub-king of Deira, see Ethelwald.
Oil calms a storm, 167.
Oisc, see Oeric.
Oiscings, the, 94.
Olivet, Mount, see Mount of Olives.
Old Saxons, The, 317, 320, 321, 322.
Old Sarum, 343 n.
Opus Paschale, see Sedulius.
Orcades, The, see Orkneys.
Ordination of bishops, 49, 50, 53, 54.
Orkneys, The, 5, 11, 142 n., 382.
Orosius, xxii, 5 n., 25 n.
Orthography, 389.
Osfrid, son of Edwin, baptized, 119;
slain in battle, 131;
his son, 132.
Osred, King of Northumbria, after Aldfrid, xxx, 342, 345, 346 n., 356, 357, 377 n., 385 n.;
besieged in Bamborough by Eadwulf, 385 n.;
killed in battle, 375, 386.
Osric, sub-king of the Hwiccas, 273 n.
Osric, King of Deira after Edwin, son of Aelfric, 134, 135, 164.
Osric, King of Northumbria after Coenred, xxxi, 1 n., 273 n., 375 n., 377;
his parentage, 377 n.;
death, 378, 386.
Osthryth, daughter of Oswy, wife of Ethelred, King of Mercia, 157, 267, 352 n.;
her love for Bardney Monastery, 157, 158;
murdered by her nobles, 385.
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Oswald, King of Northumbria after Eanfrid and Osric, and sixth Bretwalda, xxv, 94, 131, 132, 135, 185, 189, 243 n.;
unites Bernicia and Deira, xxvi, 134, 164 n., 383 n.;
extent of his dominions, 146;
his mother, 147 n.;
his victory over Caedwalla at Hefenfelth, xxv, 135;
erects a cross at Hefenfelth, 136;
invites Aidan to restore Northumbria to Christianity, xxv, 134, 138, 145;
baptized, 138;
appoints Aidan Bishop of Lindisfarne, 138, 139;
his relations with Cynegils, 148;
marries Cynegils' daughter, 148;
makes Birinus Bishop of Dorchester, 148;
finishes building St. Peter's, York, 119;
his piety, 136, 146, 147, 154, 160;
church built in his honour, 137;
length of his reign, 135, 154;
slain at Maserfelth, xxvi, 137, 154, 160, 163, 164 n., 384;
burial and translation of his remains, 157, 158, 160, 161;
his arms miraculously preserved from corruption, 147;
his posthumous miracles, xxvi, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162;
averts a pestilence by his posthumous prayers, 248, 249, 250;
legend connected with his name, 154 n.;
the day of his death celebrated, 250, 251;
“Life of,” see Reginald.
Oswald's Tree, Oswestry, or Croes Oswallt (Cross Oswald), 154 n.
Oswin, King of Deira, son of Osric, xxvi, 164, 181 n., 185 n.;
his love for Aidan, 165, 166;
his character and appearance, 164, 165, 166;
his reign, 164;
murdered by Oswy, xxvi, 164, 166, 191, 384;
monastery built in his memory, 165.
Oswin, an Aetheling, killed by Moll, 393.
Oswinthorp, 120 n.
Oswulf, King of Northumbria, son of Eadbert, 393.
Oswy, King of Bernicia and afterwards of Northumbria, seventh Bretwalda, son of Ethelfrid, xxvi, xxvii, xxviii, 94, 157, 179 n., 201, 218, 224 n., 257 n., 260 n., 287, 377 n.;
murders Oswin, xxvi, 163, 164;
buries Oswald's head and arms, 160, 161;
his reign, 163;
his dominions, 218, 219;
attacks upon him, 163;
his struggle with and defeat of Penda of Mercia, 181, 188, 189, 190, 191, 243 n.;
marries Eanfled, daughter of Edwin, 167;
dedicates his daughter Elfled to a religious life, xxxiii, 188, 189;
his daughter Alchfled married to Peada, son of Penda, 180, 191;
sends Cedd to convert the East Saxons, 182, 183;
endows monasteries, 188, 189, 190, 191;
instructed by the Scots, 194;
converted to Catholic usages, 200, 201, 226;
at the Whitby Synod, 195, 200, 201;
at Lindisfarne, 202, 203;
sends Ceadda into Kent, 207;
his conference with Egbert, 208;
sends Wighard to Rome, 208, 213;
his treatment of Wilfrid, 350, 351;
Pope Vitalian's letter to, 208, 209, 210, 211;
intends to go to Rome, 226, 227;
sickness and death, 226, 384;
buried at Whitby, 190.
Othona, 183 n.
Ouestraefelda (Estrefeld), Aetswinapathe, or Edwins-path, Synod of, 343 n., 353 n., 356 n.
Oundle, or Inundalum, Monastery at, 346, 356.
Oundle, Abbot of, see Cuthbald.
Ovid, editorial reference to, 264 n.