Onela

Family: Swedes · Role: king · First appears: Section XXXIV

In Section XXXIV, looking back, the poem tells that Onela gave Weohstan battle-gear, including an old sword. The poem also says that Eanmund, his brother’s child, had been killed, but Onela felt no feud over it. Section XXXVIII recalls that Onela and Ohtere were sons of a king’s wife, who was rescued after being robbed of her gold.

Relationship record

Life events

• Looking back, the poem tells that Onela gave Weohstan battle-gear as a gift.(Section XXXIV)
  • With: Weohstan
  • “old sword of Eotens, Onela's gift, weeds of war of the warrior-thane, battle-gear brave:”

Section XXXIV

• younger kin: Eanmund “though a brother's child had been felled, the feud was unfelt by Onela.”
• recipient: Weohstan “old sword of Eotens, Onela's gift,”

Section XXXVIII

• siblings with Ohtere “his good wife rescued, though robbed of her gold, mother of Ohtere and Onela.”

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Extracted from the original text of Beowulf (Gummere's translation). Made with Rho MD.