- as the form
Heathoscylfing 'Battle-
Scylfing',
which occurs once in the
singular and
twice in the plural. A
Scylfing whose name is
partly missing but ends...
- Wægmunding, in Beowulf.
Ylfing or
Wulfing in
Beowulf and
Norse Sagas.
Scylfing (Yngling) Skjöldung (Scylding) Völsung
Sippe ^ "Ätt" i Elof ****quist,...
- wife of
someone whose name ends in -ela and who was a Heatho-
Scylfing, a battle-
Scylfing. It is
likely enough that at some time in
copying the poem a...
-
Wiglaf is
called Scylfing as a
metonym for Swede, as the
Scylfings were the
ruling Swedish clan.
While in the
service of the
Scylfing Onela, king of the...
-
Eanmund was a
Swedish prince of the
Scylfing dynasty,
whose existence is
alleged in Beowulf.
Unlike his relatives,
Eanmund is only
mentioned in Beowulf...
- Halga, Hroðulf,
Eadgils and Ohthere), but also
clans (e.g., Scyldings,
Scylfings and Wulfings) and
certain events (e.g., the
battle between Eadgils and...
- Denmark, by
metonymy also used to
refer to the
Danish nation as a whole.
Scylfing – the
ruling clan in Sweden, by
metonymy also used to
refer to the Swedish...
-
responsibility for the
young Swede. In the epic we
learn that
Wiglaf was a
Scylfing which literally refers to the
ruling family of Sweden, and
defines Wiglaf...
- Anglo-Saxon
sources tell of
Migration Age
Swedish kings belonging to the
Scylfing dynasty, also
known as Ynglings. Some sources, such as Íslendingabók, Ynglinga...
- Language(s)
English Word/name S****ey (various places)
Derivation Old English:
scylf + lēaf
Meaning 'clearing on a bank/shelf'
Region of
origin England Other...
