Beowulf gives the fuller account of Hrothgar and how the Geatish hero Beowulf visited him to free his people from the trollish creature Grendel. Hrothgar appears in two Anglo-Saxon poems, Beowulf and Widsith. The corresponding Old Norse name Hróarr and its variations are derived from * Hrōþigaizaz, and from the very close names * Hrōþiwarjaz "famous defender" or * Hrōþiharjaz "famous warrior". The form Hrōðgār is thought to have derived from the proto-Norse * Hrōþigaizaz "famous spear", i.e. He appears as Hróarr, Hroar, etc., in sagas and poetry, and as Ro or Roe in the Danish Latin chronicles. In non-English sources, the name appears in more or less corresponding Old Icelandic, Old Danish, and Latinized versions. Hrothgar, also rendered Hrōðgār, is an Old English form attested in Beowulf and Widsith, the earliest sources to mention the character. The consensus view is that Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian traditions describe the same person. Moreover, in both traditions, the mentioned characters were the contemporaries of the Swedish king Eadgils and both traditions also mention a feud with men named Fróði and Ingeld. In both Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian tradition, Hrothgar is a Scylding, the son of Halfdan, the brother of Halga, and the uncle of Hrólfr Kraki. Hrothgar appears in the Anglo-Saxon epics Beowulf and Widsith, in Norse sagas and poems, and in medieval Danish chronicles. Hrothgar ( Old English: Hrōðgār Old Norse: Hróarr) was a semi-legendary Danish king living around the early sixth century AD.
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