Ingeld or Ingjaldr (Old Norse: [ˈiŋɡjɑldz̠]) was a legendary warrior who appears in early English and Norse legends. Ingeld was so well known that, in 797, Alcuin wrote a letter to Bishop Higbald of Lindisfarne questioning the monks' interest in heroic legends with: …

Ingeld (In-geld) is a warrior mentioned in Anglo-Saxon and Nordic legends. Ingeld is a member of the Heathobards and son of the King Froda. In the poem Beowulf translated by Seamus Heaney, Ingeld is only brought up in a brief mention by Beowulf concerning the …

Ingeld lays, if such they were, would have been contrary to Alcuin's view that prose, not poetry, is most suitable for reading aloud, especially to non-scholars' - which surely is not.5 Professor Bolton, indeed, claimed that his interpretation of Alcuin's …

2018年12月30日 · This dissertation examines the varying uses and contexts of the legend of Ingeld, a key figure across a range of Germanic literature and culture whose manipulation by the poet of Beowulf remains one of the most cryptic yet crucial allusions in that poem.

Nowhere else in the substantial corpus of his letters does Alcuin name a known figure in early Germanic legend and literature – the Ingeld of Beowulf and Widsith – or refer specifically to the vernacular literature of his home country.

Ingeld: He is King of the Heatho-Bards. He is offered the hand of Freawaru as a proposed peace-settlement from King Hrothgar of the Danes. Unferth: He is a courtier, jealous of Beowulf, who feels inferior to Beowulf. He doubts Beowulf's power to defeat Grendel, claiming that it is luck that has been helping Beowulf in his previous encounters.

A definitive boundary is set between the heroic world of Germanic tradition and the realm of Christianity—between Ingeld and Christ:

Freawaru and Ingeld . he girl dressed in gold is married to Ingeld. Freawaru the Danish daughter marries the Heathobard son. But Ingeld's father died fighting the Danes. Can it be forgotten? The slaying-spear seldom sleeps for long. After the wedding at Heorot, Ingeld takes his beloved bride back to his people. A group of Danish warriors rides ...

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2022年4月26日 · From The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, p. 42: '718. Here Ingeld, Ine's brother, passed away; and their sisters wereCwenburh and Cuthburh; and that Cuthburh founded 'the life'* atWimborne; and she had been given to Aldfrith, King of …