EcgȚeow Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
EcgȚeow was a warrior in Beowulf in the service of the Geats. In the epic we only learn that he belonged to a probably Swedish family (an ätt, see Norse clans) called the Waegmundings and that he had slain Heatholaf, a man from another family called the Wulfings (probably the rulers of the East Geats). One of the Germanic ways of solving such an event was either to pay the wergild or to be banished. Apparently, EcgȚeow could not pay the wergild because he had to leave and go to Hrothgar, the Danish king. Hrothgar payed the wergild and had EcgȚeow swear an oath to him. Ecgtheow later married the daughter of the Geatish king, Hrethel, and had the son Beowulf.When Beowulf arrived at Heorot, Hrothgar interprets this as a son's gratitude for what Hrothgar had done to Beowulf's father, and allows Beowulf to fight against Grendel.
Wiglaf and his father Weohstan were relatives of EcgȚeow.
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