Hildeburh

Also known as: daughter of Hoc · Role: daughter of Hoc · First appears: Section XVI

In Section XVI, the minstrel tells that Hildeburh, daughter of Hoc and sister of Hnaef, found her brother and her child dead from the battle when dawning came. “None doubted why the daughter of Hoc bewailed her doom when dawning came.” She ordered her child burned on Hnaef’s funeral pyre beside his uncle.

Relationship record

Life events

• The minstrel tells that Hildeburh found her brother Hnaef and her child dead from the battle.(Section XVI)
  • With: Hnaef
  • “None doubted why the daughter of Hoc bewailed her doom when dawning came, and under the sky she saw them lying, kinsmen murdered, where most she had kenned of the sweets of the world!”
• The minstrel tells that Hildeburh ordered her child burned on Hnaef's funeral pyre beside his uncle.(Section XVI)
  • With: Hnaef
  • “It was Hildeburh's hest, at Hnaef's own pyre the bairn of her body on brands to lay, his bones to burn, on the balefire placed, at his uncle's side.”

Section XVI

• parent: Hoc “None doubted why the daughter of Hoc bewailed her doom when dawning came,”
• siblings with Hnaef “bairn and brother, they bowed to fate, stricken by spears; 'twas a sorrowful woman!”

Also listed in Other Figures — Minor Figures

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