hæleþa bearn
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From genitive plural of hæleþ + plural of bearn. Has a parallel in Old Saxon helithō barn, possibly stemming from a Proto-West Germanic *haliþō barnu, with a possible analog in Old Norse hǫlda synir.
Noun edit
hæleþa bearn n pl (nominative plural hæleþa bearn)
- (poetic) "sons of heroes"
- w:Beowulf, verses 1188a-1190a]:
- Hwearf þá bí bence þaér hyre byre waéron
Hréðríc ond Hróðmund ond hæleþa bearn
giogoð æt gædere- Then she turned by the bench where were her sons, Hrethric and Hrothmund, and sons of heroes, youths all together.
- w:Beowulf, verses 1188a-1190a]: