Ecgþeow
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ecg-eow-288-15727761
title:
Ecgþeow
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Ecgþēow, Edgetho, or Ecgtheow is a character in the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf. He is not mentioned outside the Bēowulf manuscript, and it is not known whether he was based on a real person. He belonged to a probably Swedish family called the Waegmundings. He married the daughter of Hreðel, king of the Geats, and was the father of Bēowulf. His name could be read as eċġ + þēow, "edge-servant"; alternatively, if his name was a compound of the ancient bahuvrihi type as were many other Germanic heroic
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecg%C3%BEeow
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2023-12-21T02:05:07Z
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