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250 Beowulf, Swedes and Geats north-central Sweden. The Rok inscription may speak of PioorikR ... skati M ceringa, but a lord who ruled the Mserings (?) is not ipso facto a lord of the Geats, even though the inscription is carved on a stone in Ostergotland. Finally, the evidence of Soguhrot is not to the point here. 53 We are not really any further on with the localization of the Wulfings. The conclusions to be reached on the basis of a study of Beowulf's father are these. It would appear, at the very least, that he is not directly in the Geatish royal line. What little we know of his career encourages the belief that he was a wandering warrior of considerable reputation, who served among the Geats and Danes, and who had an unfortunate feud among the Wylfings. If Malone's arguments and hypotheses are accepted, he is a Wylfing.P" There is a closeness between his name-type and that of Wealhrieow and Ongenoeow. Beowulf's relation with the Wregmundings' line may be through his father - and, as has been pointed out above, the Wregmundings may have very strong connections in Sweden. V Beowulf and the Danes The relationship between Hroogar and Beowulf is complex; on the first mention of Beowulf's name in Hroogar's presence, the succession of challenges through which Beowulf and his men have passed is ended with Hroogar's immediate recognition of the hero: Ie hine cuee enihtwesende; wses his eald-Iseder Ecgpeo haten ... is his eafora nu heard her eumen, sohte holdne wine. (372-6) .3 See below, p. 269. It may be noted that the best source of the text of Sogubrot af [ornkonungum has the name Hervaror, not Hjorvaror, Ylfingr; d. C. af Petersens and E. Olson, SQgur Danakonunga (1919-25), 13/22 . • 4 So Malone supposes in Studies, I09 (d. note 41 above).
Beowulf and the Danes I knew him as a boy; his revered father was called Ecgoeow ... his valiant son has now come here, seeking a faithful lord. This probably means that Beowulf accompanied his father when he fled to the Danish court after his feud with the Wylfings. It is plausible to suppose that Beowulf was very young during this visit, since Hreoel took over his fostering when he was seven (d. 2428-33). After the cleansing of Heorot, Wealhoeow refers obliquely to a closer relationship between Hrocgar and Beowulf in a speech addressed to her lord: beo wil'5 Geatas glsed, geofena gemyndig, nean and feorran pu nu hafast. Me man ssegde, p
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Beowulf and the Danes<br />
I knew him as a boy; his revered father was called Ecgoeow ...<br />
his valiant son has now come here, seeking a faithful lord.<br />
This probably means that Beowulf accompanied his father<br />
when he fled to the Danish court after his feud with the<br />
Wylfings. It is plausible to suppose that Beowulf was<br />
very young during this visit, since Hreoel took over his<br />
fostering when he was seven (d. 2428-33). After the<br />
cleansing of Heorot, Wealhoeow refers obliquely to a<br />
closer relationship between Hrocgar and Beowulf in a<br />
speech addressed to her lord:<br />
beo wil'5 Geatas glsed, geofena gemyndig,<br />
nean and feorran pu nu hafast.<br />
Me man ssegde, p
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