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PERSONS AND PLACES.
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of triumph he is attacked in his turn by Hygelac near Ravenswood, and falls by the hand of Eofor (q. v.).

Ōslāf, 1148, associated with Guðlaf (q. v.) in avenging Hnæf’s death. See Finn.
Sǣ-Gēatas, 1850, 1986, Sea-Geats; see Gēatas.
Scede-land (pl.), 19,=Sceden-īg (q. v.).
Sceden-īg (dat. Sceden-igge 1686; O. Norse Skāney), Scandia, the most southern portion of the Scandinavian peninsula, belonging to the Danes; here used as a name for the whole Danish kingdom.
Scēfing, 4, son of Scef or Sceaf, i.e. Scyld (q. v.).
Scyld, 4, 19, 26, son of Sceaf, and the mythical founder of the Scylding dynasty. See ll. 1–52.
Scylding (Scilding 2105), 1792, the Scylding, i. e. Hrothgar.
Scyldingas (Scyldungas 2052; gen. Scildunga 2101, Scyldunga 2159, Scyldinga 30, etc.), 58, etc., the Scyldings, descendants of Scyld (q. v.), the name of the reigning Danish dynasty, commonly extended to include the Danish people. They are also called Ār-Scyldingas, Here-Scyldingas, Sige-Scyldingas, and Þēod-Scyldingas (q. v.). See Dene.
Scylfing (Scilfing 2968), 2487, the Scylfing, i.e. Ongentheow.
Scylfingas, 2381, the Scylfings, the name of the reigning Swedish dynasty, extended to the Swedish people in the same way as “Scyldings” to the Danes. They are also called Gūð-Scylfingas, Heaðo-Scylfingas (q. v.).
If the MS. reading of l. 2603 is correct, Beowulf’s kinsman Wiglaf belongs to the family of the Scylfings as well as to that of the Wægmundings (2814). In that case the relations may be those suggested in the following table:
 
 
 
 
Scylf
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wǣgmund
 
Ongenþēow
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ecgþēow
 
Weohstan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bēowulf
 
Wīglāf
 
 
Sigemund, 875, 884, son of Wæls, and father and uncle of Fitela. In our poem Sigemund slays the dragon; in the famous later versions of the Völsunga Saga and the Nibelungenlied, it is Sigemund’s son, Sigurd or Siegfried, who does the deed. See ll. 874–900, and the Völsunga Saga.
Sige-Scyldingas, 597, 2004, Victory-Scyldings, a name of the Danes; see Scyldingas.