Ongentheow (Old English: Ongenþeow, Ongenþio, Ongendþeow; Old Norse: Angantýr) (died ca. 515) was the name of a semi-legendary Swedish king of the house...

Swedish queen, but old king Ongenþeow saved her at a hill fort called Hrefnesholt, although they lost her gold. Ongenþeow killed Hæþcyn and besieged the...

Geatland (Götaland), the Geatish king Hæþcyn was killed by the Swedish king Ongenþeow. Hygelac, who became the new king, sent Eofor and his brother Wulf to...

a synonym of Yngling, in a line on Egil, the father of Ottar, so that Ongentheow is considered identical to Egil. Likewise in the Skáldskaparmál the Scylfings...

raids against the Geats after King Hrethel had died. In 515, their father Ongentheow was killed in battle by the Geats, and Ohthere succeeded his father as...

"boar". A Geatish warrior who avenged the death of Hæþcyn by slaying Ongenþeow during the Swedish-Geatish wars. He was recompensed with the daughter...

Onela was, according to Beowulf, a Swedish king, the son of Ongentheow and the brother of Ohthere. He usurped the Swedish throne, but was killed by his...

It is the poem Widsith from the 6th or the 7th century: On line 32, Ongentheow is mentioned and he reappears in the later epic poem Beowulf, which was...

kidnaps the Swedish queen, and is killed fighting with the Swedish king Ongenþeow who saved her. The Geatish warriors seek refuge in Hrefnesholt, where...

the Geatish king Hæþcyn had taken the Swedish queen. The Swedish king Ongenþeow arrived to save her and killed Hæþcyn. The Geatish force was, however...

Healfdene Heorogar Hroðgar Unferð Scylfings Eadgils Eanmund Ohthere Onela Ongentheow Waegmundings Ecgþeow Weohstan Wiglaf Wulfings Wealhtheow Monsters Grendel...

and Ynglingatal) are three kings from the 6th century, starting with Ongentheow or Egil. The first kings attested in a contemporary source are those mentioned...

from the Icelandic saga Egils saga einhenda ok Ásmundar berserkjabana Ongentheow, also known as Egil Eğil, a district of Diyarbakır Province, south eastern...

the surviving Geatish warriors, who were besieged by the Swedish king Ongentheow and his three sons. The Swedes found refuge at a hill fort but were assaulted...

be the same king who later in the Ynglinga saga aided the Swedish king Ongenþeow in defeating the thrall Tunni. Because of this, Egil and his son Ottar...

attack the Geats to neutralize his nephews, and to avenge his father Ongentheow, who had been killed by the Geats. During the battle Heardred is killed...

son Egil Vendelcrow (Íslendingabók: Egill Vendilkráka) identified with Ongentheow of the Beowulf narrative and placed in the early sixth century. Ruling...

legendary and folklore material collected in England. In both poems, an Ongentheow (corresponding to Angantyr in Icelandic sagas) is named as the King of...

resulted in the Swedish king Ongentheow being deposed and forced to flee to the Danes (Germanic tribe). The Swedish king Ongentheow, sometimes identified with...

Healfdene Heorogar Hroðgar Unferð Scylfings Eadgils Eanmund Ohthere Onela Ongentheow Waegmundings Ecgþeow Weohstan Wiglaf Wulfings Wealhtheow Monsters Grendel...

Beowulf Hrólf Kraki, Heimskringla etc. Relation Ongenþeow Egil (Angantyr) father of Ottar and Ale Ohthere Ottar brother of Áli Onela Áli brother of Ottar...

fact that the Geatish king Heardred's father had killed Onela's father Ongentheow. During the battle, Eanmund was killed by Onela's champion Weohstan and...

became the prison of Onela, Ohthere and their mother until their rescue by Ongenþeow. Industry wise, the area has always been dominated by fishing and boat...

name may represent an attempt to interpolate the heroic Swedish king Ongenþeow who appears independently in Beowulf and Widsith and in turn is sometimes...

he calls the nearest Beowulf has to a moment of eucatastrophe, when Ongentheow's Geats, trapped all night, hear the horns of Hygelac's men coming to rescue...

following lines, Onela is referred to as the Scylfings' helmet and the son of Ongenþeow, whereas Eadgils and Eanmund are referred to as the sons of Ohtere: Later...

Egill is a masculine given name derived from Old Norse. It may refer to: Ongentheow (died 515), legendary Swedish king Egil, brother of Volund, legendary...

to the burial of the hoard: "One warrior stripped the other, looted Ongentheow's iron mail-coat, his hard sword-hilt, his helmet too, and carried graith...

exemplify the "heroic Northern world", echoing the moment in Beowulf when Ongentheow's Geats, trapped all night, hear the horns of Hygelac's men coming to rescue...

(complete list) – Víkar, King (c.475–c.495) Sweden (complete list) – Ongentheow, King (c.490–515) Roman Empire: West (complete list) – Honorius, Western...