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in marriage to Ingeld, and that the Danish king hopes thereby to terminate the feud between the two peoples (2024 ff.). Beowulf goes on to foretell that these hopes will prove vain (2067—9). That this was actually the case we learn from Wīdsīð 45—49:
“Hrōðwulf and Hrōðgār hēoldon lengest
sibbe ætsomne suhtorfædran,
siððan hy forwrǣcon Wīcinga cynn
and Ingeldes ord forbīgdan,
forhēowan æt Heorote Heaðobeardna þrym.”
Grein’s Bibliothek, I. 252.
Ingwine, 1044, 1319, “friends of Ing,” Ingævones, a name of the Danes. See Dene. Of Ing we read in the Rune-poem, 67—8 (ed. Wülcker):
“(Ing) wæs ærest mid Eastdenum
gesewen secgun.”
He has been identified with Sceaf and Frea.
Iofor, 2993, 2997, see Eofor.
Merewīoing (gen. Merewīoingas 2921), the Merwing or Merovingian king of the Franks.
Nægling, 2680, the name of the sword Beowulf used in his encounter with the dragon.
Norð-Dene, 783, North-Danes; see Dene.
Offa, 1949, 1957, king of the Angles (“Offa wēold Ongle,” Wīdsīð 35); son of Garmund, husband of Thrytho (q. v.), and father of Eomær.
Ōhthere (gen. Ōhteres 2380, 2394, 2612, Ōhtheres 2928 etc.), son of the Swedish king Ongentheow, and father of Eanmund and Eadgils.
Onela, 2616, 2932, brother of Ohthere, and king of Sweden at the time of the rebellion of Eanmund and Eadgils. He invades the land of the Geats, slays Heardred (2387), and then retreats before Beowulf. At a later time Beowulf avenges his late king by supporting Eadgils in an invasion of Sweden, in which Onela is slain (2391 ff.). See Ēadgils.
Ongenþēow (nom. Ongenþēow 2486, Ongenþīo 2924, 2951, Ougenþīow 2961; gen. Ongenþēowes 2475, Ongenþēoes 1968, Ongenþīoes 2387; dat. Ongenþīo 2986), king of the Swedes, and father of Onela and Ohthere. The early strife between the Swedes and Geats, which centres round his name, is told in ll. 2472 ff., and more fully in ll. 2910—98. In retaliation for the marauding invasions of Onela and Ohthere (2475), Hæthcyn invades Sweden, and takes Ongentheow’s queen. Elan (? 62), prisoner. Ongentheow then invades the land of her captor, whom he slays, and rescues his wife; but in his hour
