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The Story of Beowulf, Translated from Anglo-Saxon into Modern English Prose

Note 52 — II The Story

Ernest J. B. (Ernest John Brigham) Kirtlan translation

Another episode, viz. that of Freawaru and Ingeld. Note also the artificial break of the narrative into chapters. See Appendix V.

Hrothgar’s hopes by the marriage of his daughter Freawaru to Ingeld of the Heathobards was doomed to disappointment, cp. ‘Widsith,’ 45–9. ↑

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