ne reference in brackets.]

BEANSTAN, father of Breca (31 [524]).

Beowulf the Dane (not Beowulf the Geat, the hero of the poem) was the
grandfather of Hrothgar (2, 4 [18, 53]).

Beowulf the Geat. _See_ the Argument.

Breca (30 [506]), who contended with Beowulf in swimming, was a chief of
the Brondings (31 [521]).

Brisings' neck-gear (70 [1199]). "This necklace is the Brisinga-men, the
costly necklace of Freyja, which she won from the dwarfs and which was
stolen from her by Loki, as is told in the Edda" (Kemble). In our poem,
it is said that Hama carried off this necklace when he fled from
Eormenric, king of the Ostrogoths.

DAYRAVEN (143 [2500]), a brave warrior of the Hugs, and probably the
slayer of Hygelac, whom, in that case, Beowulf avenged.

EADGILS, Eanmund (136, 137 [2379, 2391]), "sons of Ohthere," and nephews
of the Swedish King Onela, by whom they were banished from their native
land for rebellion. They took refuge at the court of the Geat King
Heardred, and Onela, "Ongentheow's bairn," enraged at their finding an
asylum with his hereditary foes, invaded Geatland, and slew Heardred. At
a later time Beowulf, when king of the Geats, balanced the feud by
supporting Eadgils in an invasion of Sweden, in which King Onela was
slain.

Eanmund (149 [2610]), while in exile at the court of the Geats, was
slain by Weohstan, father of Wiglaf, and stripped of the armour given
him by his uncle, the Swedish King Onela. Weohstan "spake not about the
feud, although he had slain Onela's brother's son," probably because he
was not proud of having slain an "exile unfriended" in a private
quarrel.

Ecglaf, father of Unferth, Hrothgar's spokesman (29 [499]).

Ecgtheow (22 [373]), father of Beowulf the Geat, by the only daughter of
Hrethel, king of the Geats. Having slain Heatholaf, a warrior of the
Wylfings, Ecgtheow sought protection at the court of the Danish King
Hrothgar, who accepted his fealty and settled the feud by a
money-payment (27 [463]). Hence the heartiness of Beowulf's welcome at
Hrothgar's hands.

Ecgwela. The Scyldings or Danes are once called "Ecgwela's offspring"
(99 [1710]). He may have been the founder of the older dynasty of Danish
kings which ended with Heremod.

Eofor (142, 167-9 [2485, 2963-2996]), a Geat warrior, brother of Wulf.
He came to the aid of his brother in his single combat with the Swedish
King Ongentheow, and slew the king, being rewarded by Hygelac with the
hand of his