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Some of this seems very dodgy/unscholarly esp Albert and Tucker, In search of Alfred the Great. This reads predominantly like fiction, though based on historical background. What evidence can there be for Odda's thoughts and feelings? This article reads like a mesh of romance, with details that must be out of someone's imagination. Seriously misleading. Ioan_Dyfrig (talk) 14:00, 8 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Yep. The Albert and Tucker book looks ridiculous. The books by Fisher and Harding date before the mid point of nineteenth century, and even Kendrick's book was first published over eighty years ago.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 23:17, 8 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I've been trying to find out something about Odda for a while and couldn't find much at all that I felt could be relied on. I know scholars have taken the view that Odda led the militia from arx Cynuit in 878, but even that only appears to be a logical assumption (arx Cynuit somewhere in Devon, Odda ealdorman of Devon, ergo … ). He's not named in Asser or the Anglo Saxon Chronicle. I'll need to find some more solid recent research before attempting an overhaul. Ioan_Dyfrig (talk) 21:00, 9 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
He is mentioned in Æthelweard's Latin translation of the AS Chron, a brief reference to the event: 'frater [ ... ] obseditque Oddan, ducem provinciae Defenum ...'. Not sure how trustworthy this version is - it makes the Vikings victorious, rather than being almost entirely wiped out! Ioan_Dyfrig (talk) 21:23, 10 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
