Folcwald

Folcwald

Folcwald is the father of Finn. He is mentioned in Widsith and in "Beowulf"; we reproduce a passage from "Beowulf" as translated by Seamus Heaney (lines 1089 -- 1090):

::"Finn, son of Folcwald,":"should honor the Danes,"


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