Weohstan, Wēohstān or Wīhstān (Proto-Norse *Wīhastainaz, meaning "sacred stone", Old Norse: Vésteinn [ˈweːˌstɛinː] and Wǣstēn) is a legendary character...

name) Weohstan (Swedish champion and slayer of his fugitive countryman prince Eanmund) Wiglaf (the last of the Wægmundings and son of Weohstan. He fought...

is a character in the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf. He is the son of Weohstan, a Swede of the Wægmunding clan who had entered the service of Beowulf...

Weohstan (died 802) was the ealdorman of Wiltshire, part of the kingdom of Wessex, at the beginning of the ninth century. In 802 King Beorhtric died, and...

king of Sweden, and by extension his subject Wiglaf son of Weohstan. Wiglaf and Weohstan belonged to the family of the Wægmundings to which Beowulf and...

Ongentheow. During the battle, Eanmund was killed by Onela's champion Weohstan and Heardred was killed as well. Eadgils, however, survived and according...

Scylfings Eadgils Eanmund Ohthere Onela Ongentheow Waegmundings Ecgþeow Weohstan Wiglaf Wulfings Wealhtheow Monsters Grendel Grendel's mother The Dragon...

ealdorman, Æthelmund. Weohstan, a Wessex ealdorman, met him with men from Wiltshire; according to a 15th-century source, Weohstan had married Alburga,...

we learn that the thane Wiglaf is a Waegmunding; therefore his father Weohstan was in some way related to Ecgþeow. Hrethlings Notes The relationship between...

district had acquired a definite administrative and territorial organization. Weohstan, ealdorman of the Wilsætan, was mentioned as early as 800/802 as repelling...

Beowulf's breastplate. Wealhþeow – queen of the Danes; married to Hroðgar. Weohstan – the father of Wiglaf and a Swedish warrior fighting for Onela. He also...

During the battle Heardred is killed. Eanmund is slain by his kinsman Weohstan. Heardred is succeeded by his cousin Beowulf, who avenges Eanmund by helping...

St Mary founded by Weohstan, Ealdorman of Wiltshire; nuns founded c.830 (or 773), according to tradition, by petition of Weohstan's widow, Alburga, to...

Scylfings Eadgils Eanmund Ohthere Onela Ongentheow Waegmundings Ecgþeow Weohstan Wiglaf Wulfings Wealhtheow Monsters Grendel Grendel's mother The Dragon...

stanza: Wēoh is also attested in Beowulf as an element in the compound name Wēohstan (Old Norse: Vésteinn) and as an element in the word wígweorþunga, referring...

to a Swedish invasion in which Heardred is slain. The Swedish warrior Weohstan kills Eanmund, and Beowulf can no longer refuse Hygd's offer of kingship...

Kempsford but was defeated by the men of Wiltshire under the leadership of Weohstan, also an ealdorman. Egbert may also have had a claim on the Kentish throne...

typically refers to St. Wulfstan II. Wulfstan, ealdorman of Wiltshire (or Weohstan), died 802 Wulfstan of Hedeby, 9th century merchantman and traveller Wulfstan...

attack the Geats. During the battle, Eanmund was killed by Onela's champion Weohstan and Heardred was killed as well, after which Onela returned home. Eadgils...

but a 15th-century poem dates its foundation to the late 8th century by Weohstan, ealdorman of Wiltshire, and his widow Alburga is said to have been its...

attack the Geats. During the battle, Eanmund was killed by Onela's champion Weohstan and Heardred was killed as well. Onela returned home and Beowulf became...

Æthelmund, ealdorman of Hwicce, is killed during the battle by his rival Weohstan, who levies West Saxon Wiltshire. The Vikings plunder the treasures of...

during the battle, Eadgils's brother Eanmund was killed by Onela's champion Weohstan, Wiglaf's father. In the following lines, Eanmund also appears as the son...

centuries. He was killed in 802 at the Battle of Kempsford by Ealdorman Weohstan and the levies of West Saxon Wiltshire. Æthelmund's predecessors had been...

Æthelmund, ealdorman of Hwicce, is killed during the battle by his rival Weohstan, who levies West Saxon Wiltshire. The Vikings plunder the treasures of...

hawk". Mentioned as Véstein's horse in Kálfsvísa at the Battle on the Ice of Lake Vänern. Its master Vésteinn appears as Weohstan in Beowulf. Prose Edda...

Kálfsvísa (appears to be one of king Onela's warriors, and a comrade of Weohstan) Eiríks saga rauða Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka Orvar-Odd's saga (mentioned...

Stuart Milligan Young Beowulf – Michael Rouse Old Beowulf – Richard Bremmer Weohstan – John Banks Wiglaf – James Hayward Aristedes was first heard in the 2010...

doi:10.2307/3040559. JSTOR 3040559. Kaske, Robert E. (June 1960b). "Weohstan's Sword". Modern Language Notes. LXXV (6). Baltimore, Maryland: The Johns...

mention a wife of Hrothgar who was an Anglo-Saxon princess. Weohstan Old English: Wēohstān or Wīhstān, Old Norse: Vésteinn PN Wīhastainaz from *wīha- meaning...