Wealh Eow (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Wealh ow is a legendary queen of the Danes in the Old English poem, Beowulf, first introduced in line 612.She is the Wulfing queen of the Danes. She is married to Hro gar, the Danish king and is the mother of sons Hre ric and Hro mund and also of daughter Freawaru. The meaning of her name is disputed. One possible translation is "foreign slave" (Hill, 1990).In her marriage to Hro gar she is described as fri usibb folca (l. 1168), 'the kindred pledge of peace between peoples', signifying the Wulfing and Scylding interdynastic allegiance. Hence she is termed both 'Lady of the Helmings' (l. 620) (by descent, of the Wulfing clan of Helm) and 'Lady of the Scyldings' (l. 1168) (by marriage and maternity).