![]() ![]() ![]() The bold Scylding the poet associates Beowulf with the Scyldings, perhaps out of respect for his loyal service, even though the champion is a Geat.īright-Danes another name for the Scyldings, the reference to shining light.Ĭhant-wood a kenning for the scop's harp, with which he accompanied himself as he sang or chanted a story-song.ĭaeghrefn a Frisian warrior, champion of the Hugas, whose beating heart Beowulf, as a young man, crushed with his bare hands.ĭawn-scorcher, flame-snake, the worm epithets for the dragon.Įadgils and Eanmund Ohthere's sons, Swedes. The Geats have a long feud with the Scylfings.īattle-talon another reference to Grendel's claw.īody-warden a kenning for a chain-mail shirt. Abysm of time a reference to the hellish chaos, the unfathomable chasm that spawned Grendel's mother and other descendants of Cain.Īelfhere some scholars think that this is a reference to Beowulf, indicating that Wiglaf is related, perhaps a cousin.īattle-Scylfings Swedes. ![]()
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