Anna Ēastengla Cyning

Anna ƿæs Ēastengla Cyning of ymb þǣm 640. gēare ōð his dēaþ.  Of Ƿuffingum ƿæs hē, þā ƿǣron Ēastengla cynecynn. Annan fæder ƿæs Eni se rīcsode on Ēastenglum, and he fēng to rīce siþþan Ecgric ƿæs geslagen on sæcce of Pendan Miercna Cyninge. Þrēo suna hæfde Eni Cyning.

Bēda lofode Annan for his ǣfæstnesse on Crīstendōme and of his bearnum ƿǣron manig gehālgod for hālgum: Iurmin his sunu and ealla his dohtra; Seaxburh, Æþelþryþ, Æþelburh and ēac Ƿihtburh.

Lytel ƿiton ƿē of Annan līfe and of his cynedōme. In þǣm 631. gēare hycgeþ man þe hē ƿæs æt Exaninge, nēah þǣm Dēofles Dīce. In þǣm 645. ƿæs Cēnƿalh Ƿestseaxna Cyning adrifen of his rīce fram Pendan Cyninge and, under Annan handa ƿæs hē tō Crīstendōme gebroht þanne ƿunede hē on ƿræcce in Annan hīrede. Þā cƿōm hē eft on his āgnum folce þā staðolede Cēnƿalh eft Crīstendōm on Ƿestseaxum and siþþan ætfealh sēo þēod fæstlīce Crīstendōme. 

Ymbe þæt 651. ƿæs þæt land ymbe Elige gecnytted tō Ēastengla rīce, þan Æþelþryþ Annan dohtor beƿeddod ƿæs þæs landes hlāforde.  Annan rīce gelendede þæt mynster æt Cnobheresbyrig. In þǣm 651., æfter Pendan onrǣse on Cnobheresbyrig be nīede flēah Anna on ƿræcce, and man hycgeþ þe hē fōr ƿestƿeardes on Magonsǣte. Hē agēnhƿyrfde on Ēastenglas ymbe þæt 653. gēar, ac sōna æfter aƿann Penda þæt rīce and æt sæcce be Bulcampe adilgode Mierce þā Ēastengla fyrde, þǣrof ƿæs Anna heretoga and on þǣm ƿælfelda asƿefnedon Anna and his Iurmin his sunu.

Annan æftergenga ƿæs his brōðor, se ƿæs Æþelhere. Botƿulfes mynster æt Icenhō meaht bēon gemyndgung for þǣm cyninge. Æfter Annan dēaþe ƿearþ Ēastengla rīce læsse in Miercna rīces sceadƿe.


Flocc:Ēastengla Cyningas