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Onela was,
according to Beowulf, a
Swedish king, the son of
Ongentheow and the
brother of Ohthere. He
usurped the
Swedish throne, but was
killed by his...
- his war
against Onela,
which he won with
foreign ****istance: in
Beowulf he
gained the
throne of
Sweden by
defeating his
uncle Onela with
Geatish help...
- name
ending in -ela that has come down to us is
Onela, more
often -ela is
expanded instead to
Onela. By Old
English poetic rules of
alliteration the...
- Hreðel had died,
because the
Swedish king Ongenþeow's sons (i.e.
Ohthere and
Onela) had
grown up and were
eager to fight. The Geats,
under their new king Hæþcyn...
- princes,
Eadgils and
Eanmund who
reported that they had fled
their uncle Onela who had
usurped the
Swedish throne. This led to a
Swedish invasion in which...
- as "fearsome, feared". A
prince of the Swedes,
Ohthere and his
brother Onela conducted successful raids against the
Geats after King
Hrethel had died...
- by his
younger brother Onela. Ohthere's sons
Eadgils and
Eanmund flee to the
Geats and are
received by Heardred. This
makes Onela attack the
Geats to neutralize...
-
against his uncle,
Onela, the king of Sweden,
Weohstan fought in the
service of
Onela and
killed Eanmund in battle; for this
Onela gave
Weohstan Eanmund's...
- sons of Frey.
Several of
these kings appear in Beowulf:
Eadgils (Adils),
Onela (Ale), and
Ohthere (Ottar Vendelkråka), but here they are
called Scylfings...
-
often called the
first historical king of Sweden) had died and his
brother Onela (Áli) had
usurped the
Swedish throne. Ottar's sons
Eanmund and
Eadgils (Adils)...
