Scyld Scefing

THE FIRST PERSON IN THE POEM, AND THE REGISTRY DID NOT HOLD HIM. No parentIds: whether Scefing makes him the son of Sceaf or only 'of the sheaf' is the open question, and this batch ingests Sceaf separately WITHOUT drawing the edge, because drawing it would decide the question.

Children

• Beow

Domains

• kingship

Relations

• father of: Beow

Sources

• Reference treatments of Beowulf's opening and of Sceafa.