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Ecgþēow (pronounced [ˈedʒðeːow]),
Edgetho (Proto-Norse *Agiþewaz), or
Ecgtheow is a
character in the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf. He is not
mentioned outside...
- as his kinsman)
Ecgþeow (joined the
Danes and the
Geats as he was
banished for
slaying a man from
another clan)
Beowulf (son of
Ecgþeow and the hero of...
- the
surviving epic poem,
Beowulf was the son of
Ecgþeow, a
warrior of the
Swedish Wægmundings.
Ecgþeow had
slain Heaðolaf, a man from
another clan (named...
- by
Ecgþeow, the
father of Beowulf. Reportedly, his
powerful family demanded too high a
weregild from
Ecgþeow's clan, the Wægmundings, so
Ecgþeow was...
- Scyld, but not the same
character as the hero of the poem
Beowulf – son of
Ecgtheow, and the
eponymous hero of the Anglo-Saxon poem.
Breca – Beowulf's childhood...
-
Herebeald and Hæþcyn, as well as an
unnamed sister who was
married to
Ecgtheow and was the
mother of the hero Beowulf.
Hygelac was
married to Hygd, and...
- Geats. The
Wulfings play an
important role in
Beowulf as Beowulf's
father Ecgþeow of the Wægmunding clan had
slain one of its members, and was
banished for...
- sons: Hæþcyn,
Herebeald and Hygelac. He also has a
daughter who
marries Ecgþeow and has the son Beowulf.
Hrethel fosters Beowulf (his grandson) by taking...
- Unferð
Scylfings Eadgils Eanmund Ohthere Onela Ongentheow Waegmundings Ecgþeow Weohstan Wiglaf Wulfings Wealhtheow Monsters Grendel Grendel's
mother The...
- or recompense, and at
lines 456–472, Hroðgar
recalls the
story of how
Ecgþeow (Beowulf's father) once came to him for help, for he had
slain Heaðolaf...
