HrothgarRatu Wealhþeow melayani Hrothgar (latar belakang, tengah) dan pasukannya. Ilustrasi dari buku anak-anak 1908.
Hrothgar (bahasa Inggris Kuno:Hrōðgārcode: ang is deprecated [ˈr̥oːðgɑːr]; bahasa Nordik Kuno:Hróarrcode: non is deprecated ) adalah seorang raja Denmark yang hidup pada awal abad ke-6.[1] Hrothgar muncul dalam epos-epos Anglo-SaxonBeowulf dan Widsith, dalam saga-saga dan syair-syair Norse, dan dalam kronik-kronik Denmark abad pertengahan.
Catatan
↑The dating has never been a matter of controversy. It is inferred from the internal chronology of the sources themselves and the dating of Hygelac's raid on Frisia to c. 516. It is also supported by archaeological excavations of the barrows of Eadgils and Ohthere in Sweden. For a discussion, see e.g. Birger Nerman's Det svenska rikets uppkomst (1925) (in Swedish). For presentations of the archaeological findings, see e.g. Elisabeth Klingmark's Gamla Uppsala, Svenska kulturminnen 59, Riksantikvarieämbetet (in Swedish), or this English language presentation by the Swedish National Heritage BoardDiarsipkan 2007-08-24 di Wayback Machine.
Sumber
Kluge, Friedrich (1896). "Der Beowulf und die Hrolfs Saga Kraka." Englische Studien 22, pp.144–45.