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cartear1
cartear1
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High School - 12th Grade

What is the name of Healfdene's daughter in "Beowulf"?

In the story it dosent say anthing about his daughters name

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Posted by cartear1 on Monday March 9, 2009 at 9:46 AM and tagged with beowulf, daughter, healfdene, name.

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  1. ms-mcgregor Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

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    The story does not reveal the name of the daughter. In genealogies of the Danes, Healfdene's three other children, Heorogar, Hrothgar, and Halga are listed and then a fourth child, simply listed as "a daughter" married Onela. This is probably because the names of daughters were not considered as important as those of sons and so her real name will probably never be known.

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    http://www.beowulftranslations.net/genealogy.shtml

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    Posted by ms-mcgregor on Friday March 13, 2009 at 8:17 AM