- The
Wægmundings were a
prominent probably Swedish clan (an ätt, see
Norse clans) in Beowulf. A name such as
Wægmunding meant "belongs to
Wægmund", i.e...
- that as a
Waegmunding he was
entitled to Onela's favour". This
leads Eliason to
suggest that Beowulf's
sister married Weohstan the
Waegmunding, so Wiglaf...
-
remained in use as the name for line and dynasty.
Examples of clans:
Wægmunding, in Beowulf.
Ylfing or
Wulfing in
Beowulf and
Norse Sagas.
Scylfing (Yngling)...
- play an
important role in
Beowulf as Beowulf's
father Ecgþeow of the
Wægmunding clan had
slain one of its members, and was
banished for not
paying the...
-
following a custom. At
lines 2813–2815 we
learn that the
thane Wiglaf is a
Waegmunding;
therefore his
father Weohstan was in some way
related to Ecgþeow. Hrethlings...
- Unferð's father. Ecgþeow – Beowulf's
father who
belonged to the
Swedish Wægmunding clan. He
joined the
Geats after having been
banished for
killing the Wulfing...
-
Heorogar Hroðgar Unferð
Scylfings Eadgils Eanmund Ohthere Onela Ongentheow Waegmundings Ecgþeow
Weohstan Wiglaf Wulfings Wealhtheow Monsters Grendel Grendel's...
-
powerful family demanded too high a
weregild from Ecgþeow's clan, the
Wægmundings, so Ecgþeow was
banished and had to s****
refuge with the Danes. The Danish...
- epic poem,
Beowulf was the son of Ecgþeow, a
warrior of the
Swedish Wægmundings. Ecgþeow had
slain Heaðolaf, a man from
another clan (named the Wulfings)...
-
Wiglaf son of Weohstan.
Wiglaf and
Weohstan belonged to the
family of the
Wægmundings to
which Beowulf and his
father Ecgtheow also belonged.
Another extended...
