This descendent of Scyld Scaefing is gifted the decapitated head of a monster descended from Cain.
This character relates how "an archer who draws a deadly bow" can strike a man's heart while his soul's sentry is asleep, in an address that he delivers while examining a relic illustrating "how war first came into this world." He points a man toward a "frost-stiffened wood" overlooking a lake where at night, the water burns. This character warns a man against being prideful, as one day, he will be killed by "sudden fire or a surge of water / or jabbing blade or javelin from the air / or repellent age," in a passage often referred to as his (*) "sermon." Another character advises him to "Let whoever can / win glory before death," when this man excessively mourns the death of his advisor Aeschere. Prior to the narrative, this character had sent treasure to the Wulfings to prevent them from retaliating against Ecgtheow. This descendent of Scyld Scaefing is gifted the decapitated head of a monster descended from Cain. For 10 points, name this king of the Danes, whose mead hall of Heorot is often attacked by Grendel in Beowulf.
This character relates how "an archer who draws a deadly bow" can strike a man's heart while his soul's sentry is asleep, in an address that he delivers while examining a relic illustrating "how war first came into this world."
Hrothgar