Ongentheow
Anglo Saxon · mortal · heroic age · Recorded classification
His wife is a BLOCKED row: the poem has her taken by the Geats and rescued by him and does not name her.
Children
Relations
- killed: HaethcynNon-symmetric, so nothing is written onto the pre-existing Haethcyn record. THE CORPUS HELD HAETHCYN AND NOT THE MAN WHO KILLS HIM.Reference treatment: at Ravens' Wood Ongentheow rescues his wife and Haethcyn is killed. (secondary)
- killed by: EoforIn-batch.Reference treatment: Hygelac's thegn Eofor kills Ongentheow at Ravens' Wood. (secondary)
- father of: OhthereIn-batch.Reference treatment: Onela was the youngest son of Ongentheow and brother of Ohthere. (secondary)
Sources
- Ongentheow is the Swedish king who kills Haethcyn at Ravenswood and is killed there by Hygelac's thegn Eofor.: Reference treatments of the Swedish wars in Beowulf and of Ongentheow. (secondary)