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Hæthcyn (Old English:
Hæþcyn) is the son of the
Geatish king Hreðel in the Old
English poem Beowulf. The hero
Beowulf is
Hæþcyn's nephew.
Hæþcyn kills...
- Hygelac's
brother Hæþcyn was
fighting with the Swedes,
Hygelac arrived at
Hrefnesholt one day too late to save his
brother Hæþcyn, but he
managed to...
- below.
Eofor – the "boar". A
Geatish warrior who
avenged the
death of
Hæþcyn by
slaying Ongenþeow
during the Swedish-Geatish wars. He was recompensed...
- (Hygelac is the nefa[definition needed] of Swerting) and he has
three sons:
Hæþcyn,
Herebeald and Hygelac. He also has a
daughter who
marries Ecgþeow and has...
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Beowulf where the
Geatish king
Hæþcyn had
taken the
Swedish queen. The
Swedish king Ongenþeow
arrived to save her and
killed Hæþcyn. The
Geatish force was, however...
- Beowulf. When the
Swedes invaded Geatland (Götaland), the
Geatish king
Hæþcyn was
killed by the
Swedish king Ongenþeow. Hygelac, who
became the new king...
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Swerting daughter Hreðel
Herebeald Hæþcyn Hygelac daughter Ecgþeow Hygd
Beowulf Heardred daughter Eofor...
- her gold. Ongenþeow
killed Hæþcyn, and
besieged the
Geats at Hrefnesholt. The
Geats were, however,
rescued by Hygelac,
Hæþcyn's brother, who
arrived the...
- her gold. Ongenþeow
killed Hæþcyn and
besieged the
Geats at Hrefnesholt. The
Geats were, however,
rescued by Hygelac,
Hæþcyn's brother, who
arrived the...
- Hreðel (a
relative of Swerting, in Beowulf) (nephew,
grandson or stepson)
Hæþcyn d. 514 or 515 (the son of Hrethel, in Beowulf)
Hygelac d. 516 (the son of...
