- Skjǫldr
appears in the
prologue of Beowulf,
where he is
referred to as
Scyld Scefing,
implying he is a
descendant or son of a Scef (‘Sheaf’,
usually identified...
-
Shield element has intruded.
Perhaps a
misunderstanding of
Scyld Scefing as
Scyld the
Scefing instead of
Scyld of the
Sheaf led to the boat
story being transferred...
-
start of
Scyld Scefing. This,
Shippey notes, has
several odd features,
making it the kind of
thing that
attracted Tolkien's interest. "
Scefing"
looks like...
- of the Angles,
reigning from Schleswig. His
descendants became known as
Scefings, or more
usually Scyldings (after Sceldwea).
Snorri Sturluson adopted this...
- The p****age at the
start of the Old
English poem
Beowulf about Scyld Scefing contains a
cryptic mention of þā ("those") who have sent
Scyld as a baby...
- (fortitude/courage/zeal)
freme (promote). Oft
Scyld Scēfing sceaþena þrēatum, Oft did
Scyld Scefing of
scather threats (troops), 5
monegum mǣġþum, meodosetla...
- shekel. In the Old
English poem Beowulf, and in
Norse mythology,
Scyld Scefing (the
second name
meaning "with a sheaf") and his son Beow ("Barley") are...
- long sped, we have heard, and what
honor the
athelings won! Oft
Scyld the
Scefing from
squadroned foes, from many a tribe, the mead-bench tore,
awing the...
- Road that
allowed the
elves to sail to it, may all
derive from the
Scyld Scefing p****age at the
start of the poem.
Beowulf is an epic poem in Old English...
-
begins and ends with funerals: at the
beginning of the poem for
Scyld Scefing and at the end for Beowulf. The poem is
tightly structured. E. Carrigan...
