Scyld

Also known as: Scyld the Scefing · Family: Danes · Role: king · First appears: Prelude of the Founder of the Danish House

In the Prelude, Scyld rose from a friendless foundling to a wealthy and renowned king, and the people near and far gave him gifts and obeyed his mandate: “a good king he!” An heir, Beowulf the Scylding, was afterward born in his halls.

At the fated moment, Scyld died and his loving clansmen carried him to the ocean in a treasure-laden ship, as he had charged them. They laid their beloved ruler in the vessel and sent him forth.

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Life events

• Scyld rose from a friendless foundling to a wealthy, renowned king.(Prelude of the Founder of the Danish House)
  • “Since erst he lay friendless, a foundling, fate repaid him: for he waxed under welkin, in wealth he throve, till before him the folk, both far and near, who house by the whale-path, heard his mandate, gave him gifts: a good king he!”
• Beowulf the Scylding was born as Scyld’s heir.(Prelude of the Founder of the Danish House)
  • With: Beowulf the Scylding
  • “To him an heir was afterward born, a son in his halls, whom heaven sent to favor the folk, feeling their woe that erst they had lacked an earl for leader”
• After Scyld died, his clansmen sent him to sea in a treasure-laden ship.(Prelude of the Founder of the Danish House · 📍 ocean)
  • “Forth he fared at the fated moment, sturdy Scyld to the shelter of God. Then they bore him over to ocean's billow, loving clansmen, as late he charged them, while wielded words the winsome Scyld, the leader beloved who long had ruled.... In the roadstead rocked a ring-dight vessel, ice-flecked, outbound, atheling's barge: there laid they down their darling lord”

Prelude of the Founder of the Danish House

• child: Beowulf the Scylding “Famed was this Beowulf: far flew the boast of him, son of Scyld, in the Scandian lands.”

Also listed in Danes — Minor Figures

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