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tiking
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High School - 12th Grade

Who is Scyld-Scefing?

What kind of man was he?

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Posted by tiking on Friday November 9, 2007 at 7:50 AM and tagged with beowulf, characters, scyld.

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  1. renelane Teacher
    High School - 11th Grade

    eNotes Editor

    Scyld is the first king in his royal lineage. It is said that he came alone on a boat, and that he has a religious genealogy.

    He is rumored to have been born on Noah's ark. He is a man that is revered.

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    http://www.enotes.com/beowulf/characters

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    Posted by renelane on Friday November 9, 2007 at 7:54 AM

  2. rootsrundeep
    rootsrundeep Student
    High School - 12th Grade

    whos is scyld? where does he come from? where does he go? what does he do? why does the poem begin here, rather than with hrothgar and grendel?

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    Posted by rootsrundeep on Saturday September 19, 2009 at 6:42 PM

  3. ninjadream
    ninjadream Student
    High School - 9th Grade

    lol ur from GSMST

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    Posted by ninjadream on Sunday November 8, 2009 at 5:55 PM