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99 Cards in this Set
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AELFHERE
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A KINSMAN OF WIGLAF
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AESCHERE
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ADVISOR TO HROTHGAR
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WHAT HAPPENS TO AESCHERE
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KILLED BY GM
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BEANSTAN
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FATHER OF BRECA
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BEOW
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A DANISH KING; SON OF SCYLD AND GRANDFATHER OF HROTHGAR
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BEOWULF BECOMES
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KING OF THE GEATS (BECOMES)
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BEOWULF NEPHEW TO:
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NEPHEW TO KING HYGELAC
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BRECA: WHAT KIND OF LEADER
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A BRONDING LEADER
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BRONDINGS
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THE NAME OF A GERMANIC TRIBE THAT LIVED IN S. SWEDEN OR NORWAY
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DAEGHREFN
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A HUGAS CHAMPION KILLED BY BW,PROBABLY IN THE SAME BATTLE IN FRISIA IN WHICH KING HYGELAC WAS KILLED
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EADGILS
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A SWEDISH PRINCE WHO IS THE YOUNGER SON OF OHTHERE AND THE BROTHER OF EANMUND
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BEOWULF AIDS HIM IN WINNING THE SWEDISH THRONE FROM ONELA, HIS UNCLE, WHOM HE KILLS
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EADGILS
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EANMUND
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A SWEDISH PRINCE WHO IS THE OLDER SON OF OHTHERE AND THE BROTHER OF EADGILS
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SLAIN BY WEOHSTAN, BY ORDER OF ONELA, HIS UNCLE
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EANMUND
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EARNANAESS
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A HEADLAND IN GEATLAND NEAR WHERE THE DRAGON FIGHT TAKES PLACE
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ECGLAF
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UNFERTH'S DAD
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ECGTHEOW
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BEOWULF'S FATHER
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ECGWELA
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AN EARLY DANISH KING
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EOFOR
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A GEATISH WARRIOR, SON OF WONRED AND BROTHER OF WULF; HE KILLS ONGENTHEOW IN BATTLE AND HYGELAC REWARDS HIM BY BETROTHING HIS DAUGHTER TO HIM
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EOMER
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SON OF OFFA AND GRANDSON OF GARMUND
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EORMANRIC
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A LATE 4TH C KING OF THE EAST GOTHERS AND FIGURE OF GERMANIC LEGEND
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FINN
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SON OF FOLCWALDA AND KING OF THE FRISIANS;
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FITELA
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BOTH SIGEMUND'S NEPHEW AND SON
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FRANKS
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MEMBERS OF A GERMANIC TRIBE THAT CONQUERED MUCH OF MODERN FRANCE AND GERMANY
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FREAWARU
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A DANISH PRINCESS AND DAUGHTER OF HROTHGAR; BETROTHED TO INGELD THE HEATHOBARD
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FREYA
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NORSE GODDESS
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FRISIA
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A COASTAL REGION OF N. EUROPE BORDERING THE NORTH SEA, SOUTH OF MODERN DENMARK
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FRODA
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A KING OF THE HEATHOBARDS AND FATHER OF INGELD; KILLED FIGHTING THE DANES
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GARMUND
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FATHER OF THE ANGLIAN KING OFFA
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GEATS
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A TRIBE INHABITING S. SWEDEN
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GIFTHAS
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AN E. GERMANIC TRIBE
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GUTHLAF
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A DANISH WARRIOR AND COMPANION OF HENGEST
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HAERETH
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FATHER OF QUEEN HYGD
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HALGA
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A DANISH PRINCE AND SON OF HEALFDENE; HROTHGAR'S YOUNGER BROTHER AND THE FATHER OF HROTHULF
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HAMA
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A PROTAGONIST OF GOTHIC LEGEND WHO STOLE THE BROSING NECKLACE FROM EORMANRIC
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HAETHCYN
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THE SECOND SON OF HRETHEL; HE KILLED HIS BROTHER HEREBEALD ACCIDENTALLY AND IS KILLED BY KING ONGENTHEOW AT THE BATTLE OF RAVENSWOOD
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HEALFDENE
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A DANISH KING; FATHER OF HEOROGAR, HALGA, HROTHGAR, AND AN UNNAMED DAUGHTER WHO MARRIES ONELA
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HEARDRED:
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A SON OF HYGELAC WHO BRIEFLY SUCCEEDS HIM AS KING OF THE GEATS AND IS KILLED BY ONELA FOR AIDING HIS REBELLIOUS NEPHEWS.
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HEATHOBARDS
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A GERMANIC TRIBE THAT DWELLS ON THE SOUTH BALTIC COAST
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HEATHOLAF
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A WYLFING WARRIOR KILLED BY ECGTHEOW
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HEATHORAEM
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A TRIBE LIVING NEAR THE COAST OF SOUTHEASTERN NORWAY
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HELMINGS
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THE FAMILY TO WHICH QUEEN WEALHTHEOW BELONGED, PERHAPS A PART OF THE WYLFINGS.
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HEMMING
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A KINSMAN OF OFFA AND EOMER
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HENGEST
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SUCCESSOR TO HNAEF AND LEADER OF THE DANES; HE AVENGES HNAEF BY KILLING FINN
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HEOROGAR
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A DANISH KING AND ELDER BROTHER OF HROTHGAR
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HEOROT
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THE HALL OF HROTHGAR, KING OF THE DANES
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HEOROWEARD
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SON OF THE DANISH KING HEOROGAR
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HEREBEALD
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ELDEST SON OF THE GEATISH KING HRETHEL; KILLED ACCIDENTALLY BY HIS BROTHER HAETHCYN
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HEREMOD
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AN EARLY KING OF THE DANES, WHO SERVES HERE AS A MODEL OF BAD KINGSHIP
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HERERIC
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UNCLE OF THE GEATISH KING HEARDRED; PROBABLY THE BROTHER OF HYGD
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HETWARE
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A FRANKISH TRIBE
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HILDEBURH
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A DANISH PRINCESS AND DAUGHTER OF HOC; SISTER OF HNAEF AND WIFE OF FINN, KING OF THE FRISIANS
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HNAEF:
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A DANISH LEADER AND SON OF HOC; BROTHER OF HILDEBURH WHO VISITS FINN AND IS KILED THERE BY THE FRISIANS
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HOC
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A DANISH KING; FATHER OF HILDEBURH AND HNAEF
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HONDSCIOH
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A GEATISH WARRIOR IN BW'S BAND WHO IS KILLED BY GRENDEL
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HREOSNA-BEORH
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A HILL IN GEATLAND WHERE THE SWEDES ATTACK THE GEATS
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HRETHEL
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A KING OF THE GEATS; FATHER OF HYGELAC, HEREBEALD, HAETHCYN, AND BEOWULF'S MOTHER; THUS, THE MATERNAL GRANDFATHER OF BW, WHOM HE RAISES FROM A YOUNG AGE
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HRETHRIC
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ELDER SON OF HROTHGAR AND WEALHTHEOW
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HRONESNAESS
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THE HEADLAND IN GEATLAND WHERE BW IS BURIED, MEANS "WHALE'S CAPE"
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HROTHGAR:
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KING OF THE DANES; SON OF HEALFDENE AND BROTHER OF HEOROGAR, HALGA, AND AN UNNAMED SISTER MARRIED TO ONELA; FATHER OF HRETHRIC, HROTHMUND, AND FREAWARU
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HROTHMUND
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YOUNGER SON OF HROTHGAR AND WEALHTHEOW
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HROTHULF
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SON OF HALGA AND NEPHEW OF HROTHGAR, WHO MAY HAVE SEIZED POWER AFTER HROTHGAR'S DEATH AND, IN TURN, IS KILLED BY HEOROWEARD, HIS COUSIN
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HRUNTING
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THE SWORD OF UNFERTH, WHICH HE LENDS TO BW TO USE AGAINST GM; THE SWORD PROVES USELESS AND BW LATER RETURNS IT TO UNFERTH
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HUGAS
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THE NAME OF A TRIBE ALLIED WITH THE FRANKS
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HUNLAF
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A DANISH WARRIOR KILLED WHEN HNAEF BATTLES THE FRISIANS
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HYGD
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DAUGHTER OF HAERETH AND WIFE OF HYGELAC, KING OF THE GEATS; BW GIVES HER THE NECK ORNAMENT THAT HROTHGAR GAVE HIM
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HYGELAC
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KING OF THE GEATS, HUSBAND OF HYGD, AND SON OF HRETHEL; UNCLE OF BW, WHO GIVES BW HRETHEL'S SWORD AND IS KILLED IN ACTION IN FRISIA BY THE FRANKS
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INGELD
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SON OF FRODA AND KING OF THE HEATHOBARDS; BETROTHED TO FREAWARU
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JUTES
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ALLIES OF THE FRISIANS, OR PERHAPS ANOTHER NAME FOR THE FRISIANS
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MEROVING
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FRANKS
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MODTHRYTH
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QUEEN OF TH ANGLES AND WIFE OF OFFA; USED HERE AS AN EXAMPLE OF A BAD QUEEN AND WOMAN
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NAEGLING:
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BW'S SWORD, WHICH FAILS IN THE FIGHT WITH THE DRAGON
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OFFA
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A 4TH C KING OF THE ANGLES OF CONTINENTAL EUROPE AND HUSBAND OF MODTHRYTH
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OHTHERE
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A SWEDISH KING WHO IS THE ELDER SON OF ONGENTHEOW AND BROTHER OF ONELA; FATHER OF EANMUND AND EADGILS
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ONELA
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A SWEDISH KING AND YOUNGER SON OF ONGENTHEOW; HE MARRIES HEALFDENE'S DAUGHTER AND USURPS THE SWEDISH THRONE FROM EANMUND AND EADGILS, THE HEIRS OF HIS BROTHER OHTHERE, BUT HE IS KILLED BY EADGILS, WITH BW'S SUPPORT
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ONGENTHEOW
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A SWEDISH KING; FATHER OF ONELA AND OHTHERE; DEFEATED BY HYGELAC AND KILLED BY EOFOR
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OSLAF
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A DANISH WARRIOR; COMPANION OF HENGEST
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RAVENSWOOD
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SITE OF THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE GEATS AND THE SWEDES, WHERE ONGENTHEOW IS SLAIN
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SCYLD SCEFING
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A DANISH KING AND THE EPONYMOUS FOUNDER OF THE SCYLDING DYNASTY, TO WHICH HROTHGAR BELONGS
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SCYLDINGS
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A DANISH DYNASTY; OR, DANES
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SCYLFINGS
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A SWEDISH DYNASTY; OR SWEDES
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SIGEMUND
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SON OF WAELS; A LEGENDARY GERMANIC HERO, HERE FAMOUS AS A DRAGON-SLAYER
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SWERTING
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EITHER THE MATERNAL UNCLE OR GRANDFATHER OF HYGELAC
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UNFERTH
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A RANKING MEMBER OF HROTHGAR'S COURT WHO LENDS BW THE SWORD HRUNTING
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WAEGMUNDING
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THE FAMILY TO WHICH BW AND WIGLAF BELONG
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WAELS
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FATHER OF SIGEMUND
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WAELSING
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THE FAMILY DESCENDED FROM WAELS
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WEALHTHEOW
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HROTHGAR'S QUEEN; THE MOTHER OF HRETHRIC AND HROTHMUND
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WEDERS
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ANOTHER NAME FOR THE GEATS
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WELAND
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THE FAMOUS SMITH OF GERMANIC LEGEND
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WENDELS
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A GERMANIC TRIBE, PERHAPS THE VANDALS
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WEOHSTAN
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FATHER OF WIGLAF; KILLS EANMUND WHEN FIGHTING ON ONELA'S SIDE AGAINST ONELA'S REBELIOUS NEPHEWS
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WIGLAF
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SON OF WEOHSTAN; WAEGMUNDING KINSMAN OF BW WHO HELPS SLAY THE DRAGON
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WITHERGYLD
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A HEATHOBARD WARRIOR SLAIN BY THE DANES
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WONRED
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A GEAT FATHER OF EOFOR AND WULF
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WULF
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A GEATISH WARRIOR; SON OF WONRED AND BROTHER OF EOFOR
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WULFGAR:
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WENDEL ATTACHED TO HROTHGAR'S COURT AS AN OFFICER
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WYLFINGS
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A GERMANIC TRIBE LING NEAR THE S. BALTIC COAST
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YRMENLAF:
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A DANE, AND AESCHERE'S YOUNGER BROTHER
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