- 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...
- trophy;
Wiglaf later inherited it.
Weohstan belonged to the clan of the
Wægmundings, the same clan Beowulf's
father Ecgþeow
belonged to; so
Wiglaf is Beowulf's...
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belonged to a
probably Swedish family (an ätt, see
Norse clans)
called the
Waegmundings. He
married the
daughter of Hreðel, king of the Geats, and was the father...
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modern Uppland.
Wægmundings – a
Swedish clan to
which belonged Beowulf, Ecgþeow and Wiglaf.
Wiglaf is
called "the last of the
Wægmundings".
Wendlas – the...
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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...
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Heorogar Hroðgar Unferð
Scylfings Eadgils Eanmund Ohthere Onela Ongentheow Waegmundings Ecgþeow
Weohstan Wiglaf Wulfings Wealhtheow Monsters Grendel Grendel's...
- 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)...
-
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)...
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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...
- 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...
