But he equalled not Offa in earl-like deeds.
For Offa by arms while only a child,
First among fighters won the fairest of kingdoms;
40 Not any of his age in earlship surpassed him.
In a single combat in the siege of battle
He fixed the frontier at Fifeldore
Against the host of the Myrgings, which was held thenceforth
By Angles and [Swabians] as Offa had marked it.
45 [Hrothwulf and Hrothgar] held for a long time
A neighborly compact, the nephew and uncle,