Freawaru
Anglo Saxon · mortal · heroic age · Recorded classification
THE POEM'S OWN TERM FOR HER ROLE IS freoðuwebbe, 'peace-weaver', AND THE POEM SAYS IT DOES NOT WORK. Hildeburh in this same batch is the other one, and the Finnsburg episode is what happens to a peace-weaver told at length.
Parentage
- parent: Hrothgar
- parent: Wealhtheow
Relations
- betrothed to: IngeldIn-batch, reciprocated.Reference treatment: a marriage alliance between Freawaru and Ingeld is suggested by the Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian traditions of the Froda and Ingeld feud. (secondary)
Sources
- Freawaru is Hrothgar's daughter, promised to Ingeld of the Heathobards to end a feud that Beowulf predicts will restart at the wedding.: Reference treatments of Beowulf, of Freawaru and of the Ingeld episode. (secondary)