Freawaru

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

• Hrothgar
• Wealhtheow

Relations

• betrothed to: Ingeld

Sources

• Reference treatments of Beowulf, of Freawaru and of the Ingeld episode.