Quoth they that he was a world-king forsooth,
The mildest of all men, unto men kindest,
To his folk the most gentlest, most yearning of fame.
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In this and the following section, links lead directly to the name or word cited. Series of pages were printed in the form "167-9"; they have been expanded here to "167-169". The names "Dayraven" and "Ravenwood" are hyphenated in the body text.
Beanstan, father of Breca ([31]).
Beowulf the Dane (not Beowulf the Geat, the hero of the poem) was the grandfather of Hrothgar ([2], [4]).