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Hildeburh,
introduced in line 1071 of the poem, Beowulf, is the
daughter of the
Danish King Hoc and the wife of the Finn, King of the Frisians. Her story...
- the story. It
describes the
mourning of
Hildeburh after a
surprise attack by the
Frisians on the Danes.
Hildeburh, Hnæf's sister, was
married to Finn, leader...
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Danish ancestry.
According to the narrative, Hnæf was the
brother of
Hildeburh and brother-in-law of Finn, who
ruled the
Frisians and was
killed during...
- the
Danish lord Hoc and
brother of
Hildeburh. He was
killed by Finn. Hoc – a
Danish lord and the
father of
Hildeburh and Hnæf.
Hondscio – a
Geatish warrior...
- same hero,
appears in Anglo-Saxon
royal pedigrees. He was
married to
Hildeburh, a
sister of the
Danish lord Hnæf, and was
killed in a
fight with Hnæf's...
- in his
lands and
enter his service. Finn
marries Hnæf's
older sister Hildeburh, and
sends their son (whose name was
probably Friðuwulf) to be fostered...
- Hrothgar, Wealhtheow, Hrothulf, Æschere, Unferth, Grendel, Grendel's mother, Wiglaf,
Hildeburh. Full list of characters. Text
Beowulf at Wikisource...
- scop's
story of the Freswæle (English:
Frisian slaughter)
begins with
Hildeburh,
daughter of Hoc,
lamenting the loss of her son and brother. Both factions...
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roles such as
hostess (Wealhþeow and Hygd) and peace-weaver (Freawaru and
Hildeburh). Grendel's
mother and
Modthryth (before her
marriage to Offa), challenge...
- is
Hildeburh. She experiences,
unlike Wealhþeow, the
destruction of her husband's
people (including her own son) and her brother's people.
Hildeburh, too...
