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Sceafa (Old English:
Scēafa [ˈʃæːɑvɑ], also Scēaf, Scēf) was an
ancient Lombardic king in
English legend.
According to his story,
Sceafa appeared mysteriously...
- Alfred,
where Beowa is
inserted as the son of
Scyld and the
grandson of
Sceafa, in
lineages carried back to Adam.
Connections have been
proposed between...
- is
spelled scēabas in an
early text, but
later (and more commonly) as
scēafas. c c /k/ The /tʃ/
pronunciation is
sometimes written with a
diacritic by...
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Fragment and in Beowulf. 6th century:
Sceafa (date uncertain):
Ancient Lombardic king in
English legend. The
story has
Sceafa appearing mysteriously as a child...
- genealogies. See
Sceafa for a
fuller treatment. - Note:
Sceafa is not Scyld, but is Seskef/Cespeth/Scef. Scelda/Skjöld/Scyld is a
descendant of
Sceafa, as noted...
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implying he is a
descendant or son of a Scef (‘Sheaf’,
usually identified with
Sceafa), or, literally, 'of the sheaf'.
According to
Beowulf he was
found in a...
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English traditions of
Scyld being a son or
descendant of
Sceafa (as
discussed under Sceafa),
though here too (at
least in Beowulf) the
connection is...
- in a
listing of
famous kings and
their countries, has
Sceafa [weold] Longbeardum, so
naming Sceafa as
ruler of the Lombards.
Similarities between Langobardic...
- Ymbrum,
Sceafa Longbeardum, Wald [ruled] the Woings, Wod the Thuringians,
Saeferth the Sycgs,
Ongendtheow the Swedes,
Sceafthere the Umbers,
Sceafa the Lombards...
- Malmesbury's 12th
century Chronicle tells the
story of the
related figure Sceafa as a
sleeping child in a boat
without oars with a
sheaf of corn at his head...
