Funeral of Scyld A boat with ringed neck rode in the haven ... [they] gave him to the flood. Rule of Scyld The clans settled on the coast obey Scyld. Grendel disturbed The monster who waited in the darkness suffered torment, constant pain. Hrothgar Hrōðgār Beowulf Beowulf The hero of the poem. Scyld Shefing A good king. Hrothgar builds Heorot Scyld's fighting Scyld took mead-benches, taught foes to fear him. The monster who waited in the darkness Beowulf Beow Heorot Staghall Death of Scyld At the hour shaped for him Scyld departed. Finding of Scyld Scyld found in childhood, lacking clothing. Beowulf (Poem) Assertions from the poem Beowulf. Yrse Ursula