A. Campbell ed., Chronicon Æthelweardi/The Chronicle of
Æthelweard, (New York, 1962).MSS British library cotton Otho A.x and Cotton
Otho A.xii.
Siquidem post annum pagani hyemauerunt in loco
Sceapige. In eodem anno decumauit Athulf rex de omni possessione sua in partem
domini, et in uniuerso regimine sui principatus sic constituit, et in ipso anno
profectus est Romam cum magna dignitate, moratusque est ibi menses
duodecim. Igitur, reuertente eo ad
patriam, Karolus, rex Francorum, filiam suam tradidit ei in matrimonium; quam
susceptam duxit ad patriam suam. Denique post annum Athulf rex obiit, cuius
corpus requiescit in urbe Vuintona.
Igitur praefatus rex fuit filius Ecgbyrhti regis, cuius auus Ealhmund,
proauus Eafa, atauus Eoppa, abauus Ingild, Ines frater, Occidentalium Anglorum
regis, qui Romae finierat uitam, traxeruntque supra dicti reges a Cenred rege
originem. Cenred fuit filius
Ceoluuald. Auus quippe eius Cuthuuine,
proauus Ceaulin, atauus Cynric, abauus Cerdic, qui et primus possessor
Britanniae partis occidentalis superatos exercitus Brittanorum, cuius pater
fuit Elesa, auus Esla, proauus Geuuis, atauus Vuig, abauus Freauuine, sextus
pater eius Frithogar, septimus Brond, octauus Balder, nonus Vuothen, decimus
Frithouuald, undecimus Frealaf, duodecimus Frithouulf, tertius decimus Fin,
quartus decimus Goduulfe, quintus decimus Geat, sextus decimus Tetuua, septimus
decimus Beo, octauus decimus Scyld, nonus decimus Scef.Ipse Scef cum uno
dromone aduectus est in insula Oceani, que dicitur Scani, armis circundatus,
eratque ualde recens puer, et ab incolis illius terrae ignotus. Attamen ab eis suscipitur, et ut familiarem
diligenti animo eum custodierunt, et post in regem eligunt; de cuius prosapia
ordinem trahit Aðulf rex. Transmeatusque
est tunc numerus annorum quinquagessimus quintus, ex quo Ecgbyrht cepit
regnare."
“A. 857. Lastly, after a year king Ethelwulf died, and
his body reposes in the city of Winchester. Now the aforesaid king was son of
king Egbert, and his grandfather was Elmund, his great-grandfather Eafa, his
great-grandfather's father was Eoppa, and his great-grandfather's grandfather was
Ingild, brother of Ina, king of the Western-Angles, who ended his life at Rome
; and the above-named kings derived their origin from king Kenred. Kenred was
the son of Ceolwald, son of Cuthwin, son of Ceawlin, son of Cynric, son of
Cerdic, who also was the first possessor of the western parts of Britain, after
he had defeated the armies of the Britons : his father was Elesa, son of Esla,
son of Gewis, son of Wig, son of Freawin, son of Frithogar, son of Brond, son
of Beldeg, son of Woden["octavus Balder, nonus Vuothen"], son of
Frithowald, son of Frealaf, son of Frithuwulf, son of Finn, son of Godwulf, son
of Geat, son of Taetwa, son of Beaw, son of Sceldi, son of Sceaf. This Sceaf
came with one ship to an island of the ocean named Scani, sheathed in arms, and
he was a young boy, and unknown to the people of that land ; but he was received
by them, and they guarded him as their own with much care, and afterwards chose
him for their king. It is from him that king Ethelwulf derives his descent. And
then was completed the fiftieth year from the beginning of king Egbert's reign.”
William the “librarius” of Malmesbury followeth the above but etcheth also something to it in his Gesta Regum Anglorum Book 2, §116:
“Ethelwulfus fuit filius Egbirhti; Egbirhtus Elmundi; Elmundus Eafæ; Eafa Eoppæ; Eoppa Ingildi fratris Inæ regis, qui ambo filii fuere Chenredi; Chenredus Chelwaldi; Chelwaldus Cudæ; Cuda Cudwini; Cudwinus Cheaulini; Cheaulinus Chinrici; Chinricus Cherdicii, qui fuit primus rex West-Saxonum; Cherdicius Elesii; Elesius Eslii; Eslius Giwii; Giwius Wigii; Wigius Frewini; Frewinus Fridegarii; Fridegarius Brondii; Brondius Beldegii; Beldegius Wodenii; de isto, ut sæpe diximus, processere reges multarum gentium: Wodenius fuit filius Fridewaldi; Fridewaldus Frelafii; Frelafius Finni; Finnus Godulfi; Godulfus Getii; Getius Tetii; Tetius Beowii; Beowius Sceldii; Sceldius Sceaf. Iste, ut ferunt, in quandam insulam Germaniæ Scandzam (de qua Jordanes, historiographus Gothorum, loquitur) appulsus, navi sine remige, puerulus, posito ad caput frumenti manipulo, dormiens, ideoque Sceaf nuncupatus, ab hominibus regionis illius pro miraculo exceptus, et sedulo nutritus: adulta ætate regnavit in oppido quod tunc Slaswic, nunc vero Haithebi appellatur. Est autem regio illa Anglia Vetus dicta, unde Angli veneruut in Britanniam, inter Saxones et Gothos constituta. Sceaf fuit filius Heremodius Stermonii; Stermonius Hadræ; Hadra Gwalæ; Gwala Bedwegii; Bedwegius Strephii; hic, ut dicitur, fuit filius Noæ in arca natus.”
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