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Finn (Frisian)

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'''Finn''', son of Folcwald, was a legendary Friesland Frisian lord. He is mentioned in Historia Britonum, in ''Beowulf'', and in the Finnsburg Fragment. He was married to Hildeburh, a sister of the Daner Danish lord Hnæf, and was killed in a fight with Hnæf's lieutenant Hengest after Hnæf was himself killed by Frisians. Here we reproduce a passage from ''Beowulf'' as translated by Seamus Heaney (lines 1089–1090): ::''Finn, son of Folcwald,'' :''should honor the Danes,'' {{Netherlands-bio-stub}} Category:English heroic legends