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Wealhtheow (also
rendered Wealhþēow or Wealthow; Old English:
Ƿealhþēoƿ [ˈwæɑɫxθeːow]) is a
queen of the
Danes in the Old
English poem Beowulf, first...
- the
father of Finn.
Freawaru – the
daughter of King Hroðgar and
Queen Wealhþeow and wife of Ingeld, king of the Heaðobards.
Froda – king of the Heaðobard's...
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great hall, Heorot, for
himself and his warriors. In it, he, his wife
Wealhtheow, and his
warriors spend their time
singing and celebrating. Grendel, a...
- he has been king for "fifty winters"—and
Wealhþeow's two sons are not yet grown, it
seems likely that
Wealhþeow is much
younger than Hrothgar, and may not...
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characters in
Beowulf fulfill certain established roles such as
hostess (
Wealhþeow and Hygd) and peace-weaver (Freawaru and Hildeburh). Grendel's mother...
- not
paying the weregild. The
Danish king Hroðgar, who was
married to
Wealhþeow, a
Wulfing woman,
graciously paid the weregild, and when
Beowulf arrived...
- Anglo-Saxon poetry. Two main
characters in
Beowulf stand as peace-weavers.
Wealhþeow is a
fairly able peace-weaver
inasmuch as a peace-weaver can be effective...
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describes a
swimming contest between them. When King Hroðgar, his wife
Wealhþeow, and his
court were
terrorized by the
monstrous Grendel,
Beowulf left...
- the king
amuse Grendel.
Feeling sympathy for Hrothgar's
miserable wife
Wealhtheow, who is also the
object of Unferth's
secret affection,
Grendel decides...
- not pay the
wergild or they
refused to
accept it. Hroðgar had
married Wealhþeow, who
probably belonged to the
Wulfing tribe, and was able to use his kinship...
