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56 Cards in this Set
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ABEL
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son of Adom in th eBook of GEnesis
murdered by his brother Cain |
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AELFHERE
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an ancestor of Weohstan and Wiglaf
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Aeschere
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elder brother of yrmenlaf; hrothgar's old comrade and cousellor, killed by Grendel's ma
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Beanstan
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Father of breaca
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Beowulf the Dane
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son of Scyld Scefing and grandfather of Danish king Hrothgar
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BEOWULF
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hero of poem, Geat, son of Ecgtheeow and nephew of Hygelac, the GEat king
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Brondings
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name of unidentified tribe
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Brosings
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tribe who in old Norse legend made a magic necklace for the goddess Freyja
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Cain
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the eldest son of Adam killed Abel
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Daeghrefn
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chapion and bearer of the Franks; killed by Beowulf when Hygelac invaded the NEtherlands
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DANES
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somestimes called Scyldings
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Denamrk
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Danish kingdome mbraced the southern tip of Sweden
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Badgils
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A swedish prince, younger son of Ohthere, and bro of Eanmund. W/ beowulf's assistance, he invaded Sweaden, killed onela, and became king
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Eanmund
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A swedish prince, elder son of Ohthere, and bro of Eadgils; killed by Weohstan, father of Wiglaf
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Ecglaf
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father of Unferth
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Ecgtheow
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father of Beowulf; married the only daughter of Hrethel, the king of th eGeats and the father of Hygelac
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Ecgwela
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unkonwn Danish king
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Eofor
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A Geat, son of Wonred and bro of Wulf; killed the Swedish king of Ongentheow
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Homer
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Son of Offa
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Eormenric
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historical king of the Ostrogoths. aka Widsith
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FINN
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king of th eFristians, and ruler of Jutes; son of Folcwalda and husband of Hildebuch, the sister of Hnaef
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Fitela
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Son, nephew, and companion of Sigemund
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Folcwalda
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Father of Finn
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Franks
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most powerful people in W Europe in the 8th centuray, ruling most of France, Germany, and Netherlands
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Freawaru
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Daughter of Hrothgar king of th eDanes; married Ingeld, prince of the Heathobards
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Friesland
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The land of the Frisians
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Frisians
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the tribe inahbiting th eland around th eZuyder Zee. under the domination of the Franks. Attacked by Hygelac of the Geats. Followers of Finn
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Froada
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the king of the Heathobards and father of Ingeld
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Gaemund
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father of offa
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Geats
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Beowulf's tribe that lived in
S Swend and were enemies of the Swedes |
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Gifthas
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The Gepidae, an East Germanic tribe who in the third centrury emigrated from the Vistula delta to Hungary
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Grendel
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monster who ravaged heorot
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Guthlaf
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A dane, one of Hnaefs and Hengest's followers
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Haereth
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Father of Hygelac 's wife, Hygd
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Haethcyn
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Koing of the Geats; second son of Hrethel. Accidently killed his bro Herebeald. Killed by the Swedish king Ongenteow at the battle of Ravenswood
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Halga
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youngest son of the Danish king Healfdene
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Hama
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a germanic hero, mentioned in Widsith
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Healfdene
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a danish king, son of Beowulf the dan, and father of Hrothgar
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Healfdene
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z Danish king, son of Beowulf th eDane, and father of Hrothgar
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Heardred
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king of the Geats; son of Hygelac. killed by Swedish king Onela and succeeded byBeowulf
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Hathobards
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a germanic tribe, enemies of th eDanes. Hrothgar tried unsuccessfully to settle the feud by marrying his daughter to the Heathobard leader, Ingeld
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Heatholaf
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A wilfing, killed by Ecgtheow the father of Beowulf
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Helmings
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the tribe of Wealtheow, Hrothgar's queen.
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Hemming
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kinsman of Offa and Garmund
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Hengest
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A Danish cheiftain, who took over the command of the Danes after Finn's men had killed Hnaef
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Heorogar
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Son of Healfdene, and elder bro of the Danish king Hrothgar
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Heorot
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the hall which hrothgar built. Its actual site can be identifed w/ Leire in Zeeland
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Heoroweard
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Son of the Danish king Heorogar and nephew of Hrothgar
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Herebeald
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A geat prince, eledest son of Hrethel king of the Geats and bro of Haethcyn and Hygelac; killed accidentally by Haethecyn
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Heremod
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unknown Danish king, bad type of ruler
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Hildeburgh
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A Danish princess, the daughter of Hoc and wife of Finn king of the Frisians and ruler of the Jutes; sister of the Danish leader Hnaef, who was killed by Finn's men
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`Hnaef
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A danish cheiftain, killed by Finn's men during a battle; bro of Hildeburh, wife of Finn
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Hoc
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Father of Hildeburh
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Hondscioh
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A Geat, one of BEOWULF'S folwers, who was killed by Grendel in Heorot
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Hreosnaburgh
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A hill in the Geat country, where the Swedes attacked the Geats after the daeth of their king Hrethel
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Hrethel
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A Geat king, father of Hygelac and grandfather of Beowuf. died of gref bc Herebeald, his son, was killed by Haethcyn, other son
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