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Ongentheow (Old English: ''Ongenþeow'', ''Ongenþio'', ''Ongendþeow''; Swedish: ''Angantyr'') (died ca. 515) was the name of a semi-legendary Swedish king of the house of Scylfings, who appears in Old English sources. He is generally identified with the Swedish king Egil Vendelcrow mentioned in ''Ynglingatal'', ''Historia Norwegiae'' and in ''Ynglinga saga''.〔Sune Lindqvist, the article ''Angantyr'' in ''Svenskt biografiskt lexikon''〕〔The article ''Beowulf'' in Åke Ohlmarks' ''Fornnordiskt lexikon'' (1994)〕〔Nerman 1925:99ff〕〔Bo Gräslund simply calls Ongentheow "Egil in Beowulf" in his article ''Gamla Uppsala during the Migration Period'' in ''Myth, Might and Man'' (2000) ISBN 91-7209-190-8〕 The reason why they are thought to have been the same is that they have the same position in the line of Swedish kings and are described as the fathers of Ohthere and grandfathers of Eadgils.〔The identification is due to the sequence of succession only and not based in name, ''Ongenþeow'' and ''Egil'' being unrelated etymologically.〕 The name Ongentheow contains as its second element ''þeōw'' "servant, slave". The first appears to be ''ongēan'' "against, opposite".〔The composition of the two elements has been interpreted as meanign "the opposite of a slave" i.e. "king" by N. J. Higham, ''An English Empire: Bede and the Early Anglo-Saxon Kings'', Manchester University Press (1995), ( p. 239 ).〕 ==Old English sources== In the Old English epic ''Beowulf'' Ongentheow is described as a fearsome warrior and it took two warriors Eofor and Wulf Wonreding to take him down. The epic tells that the Geats under their new king Hæþcyn captured the Swedish queen, but old king Ongenþeow saved her, at a hill fort called Hrefnesholt, although they lost her gold.〔Lines 2931-2936〕 Ongentheow killed Hæþcyn,〔Lines 2483-2485, 2925-2931〕 and besieged the Geats at Hrefnesholt.〔Lines 2934-2942〕 The Geats were, however, rescued by Hygelac, Hæþcyn's brother,〔Lines 2434-2435〕 who arrived the next day with reinforcements.〔Lines 2942-2946〕 Having lost the battle, but rescued his queen, Ongenþeow and his warriors returned home.〔Lines 2947-2958〕 However, the war was not over. Hygelac, the new king of the Geats, attacked the Swedes.〔Lines 2959-2965.〕 The Geatish warriors Eofor and Wulf fought together against the hoary king Ongenþeow.〔Lines 2965-2966.〕 Wulf hit Ongentheow's head with his sword so that the old king bled over his hair, but the king hit back and wounded Wulf.〔Lines 2966-2977.〕 Then, Eofor retaliated by cutting through the Swedish king's shield and through his helmet,〔Lines 2977-2982〕 giving Ongentheow a death-blow.〔Lines 2485-2490, 2977-2982〕 Eofor took the Swedish king's helmet, sword and breastplate and carried them to Hygelac.〔Lines 2987-2990〕 When they came home, Eofor and Wulf were richly awarded,〔Lines 2992-2997〕 and Eofor was given Hygelac's daughter.〔Lines 2998-2999〕 Because of this battle, Hygelac is referred to as Ongentheow's slayer.〔Line 1969〕 Ongentheow is also mentioned in passing by the earlier poem ''Widsith'' as the king of Sweden: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ongentheow」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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