Editing Halga (section)

==''Beowulf''==
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[[File:Beowulf - Halga.jpg|thumb|right|A mention of Halga in the ''Beowulf'']]
In the [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] [[Epic poetry|epic]] ''[[Beowulf]]'', Halga is hardly mentioned. He appears early in the poem where he is listed as the brave Halga, one of the four children of [[Healfdene]], the others being [[Heorogar]], [[Hroðgar]] and a daughter (who is unnamed, but called Signý in Norse sources) who was married to the king of Sweden. 

<blockquote><blockquote><small>59</small>&nbsp; Ðæm feower bearn &nbsp;&nbsp; forðgerimed<br>
<small>60</small>&nbsp; in worold wocun &nbsp;&nbsp; weoroda ræswa<br>
<small>61</small>&nbsp; heorogar. 7 hroðgar &nbsp;&nbsp; 7 halga til<br>
<small>62</small>&nbsp; hyrde ic <s>þ</s> &nbsp;&nbsp; elan cwen<br>
<small>63</small>&nbsp; heaðo-Scilfingas &nbsp;&nbsp; healsgebedda</blockquote></blockquote>
This appears in Gummere's translation as:
<blockquote><blockquote><small>59</small>&nbsp; Then, one after one, there woke to him,<br>
<small>60</small>&nbsp; to the chieftain of clansmen, children four:<br>
<small>61</small>&nbsp; Heorogar, then Hrothgar, then Halga brave;<br>
<small>62</small>&nbsp; and I heard that &mdash; ela's queen,<br>
<small>63</small>&nbsp; the Heathoscylfing’s helpmate dear.</blockquote></blockquote>

[[Hroðulf]] (Hrólfr Kraki) is only mentioned as Hroðgar's nephew, whereas he is specified as Halga's son in Norse sources.
{{Scyldings of Beowulf family tree}}