Hroðgar

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Gender Masculine
Usage Anglo-Saxon [1]

Meaning & History

From Old English hroð "fame, glory" and gar "spear", making it a cognate of Hrodger (see Roger). The name became unused after the Normans introduced the continental form. In the Old English poem Beowulf this is the name of the Danish king.