Onela (gen. Onelan, [2933]), Ôhthere's brother, [2617], [2933].
Ongen-þeów (nom. -þeów, [2487], -þió, [2952]; gen. -þeówes, [2476], -þiówes, [2388]; dat. -þió, [2987]), of the dynasty of the Scylfings; king of the Swedes, [2384]. His wife is, perhaps, Elan, daughter of the Danish king, Healfdene ([62]), and mother of two sons, Onela and Ôhthere, [2933]. She is taken prisoner by Hæðcyn, king of the Geátas, on an expedition into Sweden, which he undertakes on account of her sons' plundering raids into his country, [2480] ff. She is set free by Ongenþeów ([2931]), who kills Hæðcyn, [2925], and encloses the Geátas, now deprived of their leader, in the Ravenswood ([2937] ff.), till they are freed by Hygelâc, [2944]. A battle then follows, which is unfavorable to Ongenþeów's army. Ongenþeów himself, attacked by the brothers, Wulf and Eofor, is slain by the latter, [2487] ff., [2962] ff.
Ôs-lâf, a warrior of Hnäf's, who avenges on Finn his leader's death, [1149] f.
Scede-land, [19]. Sceden-îg (dat. Sceden-îgge, [1687]), O.N., Scân-ey, the most southern portion of the Scandinavian peninsula, belonging to the Danish kingdom, and, in the above-mentioned passages of our poem, a designation of the whole Danish kingdom.
Scêf or Sceáf. See [Note].
Scyld (gen. Scyldes, [19]), a Scêfing. [4]. His son is Beówulf, [18], [53]: his grandson, Healfdene, [57]; his great-grandson, Hrôðgâr, who had two brothers and a sister, [59] ff.—Scyld dies, [26]; his body, upon a decorated ship, is given over to the sea ([32] ff.), just as he, when a child, drifted alone, upon a ship, to the land of the Danes, [43] ff. After him his descendants bear his name.
Scyldingas (Scyldungas, [2053]; gen. Scyldinga, [53], etc., Scyldunga, [2102], [2160]; dat. Scyldingum, [274], etc.), a name which is extended also to the Danes, who are ruled by the Scyldings, [53], etc. They are also called Âr-Scyldingas, [464]; Sige-Scyldingas, [598], [2005]; Þeód-Scyldingas, [1020]; Here-Scyldingas, [1109].
Scylfingas, a Swedish royal family, whose relationship seems to extend to the Geátas, since Wîglâf, the son of Wihstân, who in another place, as a kinsman of Beówulf, is called a Wægmunding ([2815]), is also called leód Scylfinga, [2604]. The family connections are perhaps as follows:—
Scylf.
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Ecgþeów. Weohstân. Ongenþeów.
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Beówulf. Wîglâf. Onela. Ôhthere.
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Eáumund. Eádgils.
The Scylfings are also called Heaðo-Scilfingas, [63], Gûð-Scylfingas, [2928].