# Scyld Scefing — Beowulf character guide

> Scyld Scefing in Beowulf by Anonymous.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Scyld Lo

**First appearance:** 0003-i-the-life-and-death-of-scyld

## Who they are

Legendary founder of the Danish royal line, whose funeral ship opens the poem.

## Links

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