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Modthryth
Modthryth, Thryth ('strength', cf. Old Norse Þrúðr, the daughter of Thor), and Fremu are reconstructed names for a character who figures as the queen of King Offa in ''Beowulf''.
==Naming problem: Modthryth, Thryth or Fremu?==
The reason for the usage of both ''Thryth'' and the compound name ''Modthryth'' is that the latter name is an emendation by Klaeber (). ''Mod'' appears just before ''Þryð'' on line 1932 of the poem, where she is introduced, and scholars are divided as to whether ''mod'' is part of her name, or a separate word.
The queen of the eighth-century Mercian king Offa in the thirteenth-century ''Vitae duorum Offarum'', which portrays both this Offa and his fifth-century namesake, is called Quendrida, a somewhat flawed Latin rendering of Cynethryth, the actual name of Offa's wife. The author, moreover, etymologised the word as consisting of the words ''quen'' 'queen' and the personal name Drida: ''Quendrida, id est regina Drida''. This parallel has sometimes been taken as a further argument that the Offa of ''Beowulf'' had a queen called Thryth and that the passage was intended as a veiled reference to the eighth-century queen.
More recently, R.D. Fulk has challenged the long-held view that the queen was named either Modthryth or Thryth, pointing out difficulties with the ending -''o'', its implications for the overall syntax, and the weaknesses of the Drida argument. Instead, he revives the suggestion made by Ernst A. Kock in 1920 that ''fremu'' is not an adjective modifying ''folces cwen'' "the people's princess" and meaning "excellent" (which would be inappropriate at this stage of the narrative), but her actual name. On the basis of such parallels as ''higeþryðe wæg'' "bore arrogance" (Old English ''Genesis A'' line 2240b), he likewise treats ''Mod þryðo'' as a common noun, although this necessitates an emendation of the ending -''o'' to -''a''.〔Robert D. Fulk, "The Name of Offa's Queen: ''Beowulf'' 1931–2."〕 Yet more recently, Eric Weiskott has challenged Fulk's reinterpretation on grounds of poetic syntax, concluding that the queen remains anonymous.〔Eric Weiskott, "Three ''Beowulf'' Cruces: ''healgamen'', ''fremu'', ''Sigemunde''." ''Notes & Queries'' 58 (2011): 3-7〕
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