Herebeald

Eldest son of King Hrethel of the Geats, killed accidentally by his brother Hæthcyn with a misaimed arrow — a death the poem likens to a hanged man's for which no vengeance can be taken, the source of Hrethel's fatal grief.

Parentage

• Hrethel

Domains

• the irremediable death

Relations

• sibling: Haethcyn
• sibling: Hygelac
• sibling: Daughter of Hrethel

Sources

• Beowulf, ll. 2435-2443 — accidentally killed by his brother Hæthcyn's arrow