Editing Ohthere (section)

==''Beowulf''==
In the [[Old English literature|Old English]] [[epic poetry|poem]] ''[[Beowulf]]'', the name of Ohthere appears only in constructions referring to his father [[Ongenþeow]] (''fæder Ohtheres''),<ref>Line 2929.</ref> mother (''Onelan modor and Ohtheres''),<ref>Line 2933.</ref> and his sons [[Eadgils]] (''suna Ohteres'',<ref>Lines 2381,</ref> ''sunu Ohteres''<ref>Line 2395.</ref>) and [[Eanmund]] (''suna Ohteres'').<ref>Lines 2613.</ref>

When Ohthere and his actions are concerned, he is referred to as ''Ongenþeow's offspring'', together with his brother [[Onela]]. The following section deals with Ohthere and Onela pillaging the [[Geat]]s at the death of their king [[Hreðel]], restarting the [[Swedish-Geatish wars]]:

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:Þa wæs synn and sacu Sweona and Geata,
:ofer wid wæter wroht gemæne,
:here-nið hearda,      syððan Hreðel swealt,
:oððe him Ongenþeowes eaferan wæran
:frome fyrd-hwate,      freode ne woldon
:ofer heafo healdan,      ac ymb Hreosna-beorh
:eatolne inwit-scear oft gefremedon.<ref>Lines 2473-2480.</ref>
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:There was strife and struggle 'twixt Swede and Geat
:o'er the width of waters; war arose,
:hard battle-horror, when Hrethel died,
:and Ongentheow's offspring grew
:strife-keen, bold, nor brooked o'er the seas
:pact of peace, but pushed their hosts
:to harass in hatred by Hreosnabeorh.<ref>''[https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/981 Modern English translation]'' by [[Francis Barton Gummere]]</ref>
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Later, it is implied in the poem that Ohthere has died, because his brother Onela is king. Ohthere's sons Eadgils and Eanmund fled to the Geats and the wars began anew.
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