Scylding
E1403957
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The Scyldings are a legendary royal dynasty of Danish rulers prominently featured in the Old English epic poem "Beowulf."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Scyld Scefing | 3 |
| Scylding canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19978505 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scylding Context triple: [Heorogar, ethnicity, Scylding]
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A.
Hygelac
Hygelac is the legendary king of the Geats and uncle to the hero Beowulf in the Old English epic poem.
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B.
Ragnar Lodbrok
Ragnar Lodbrok is a legendary Viking hero and king of Scandinavian sagas, famed for his raids on England and France and his dramatic, mythologized death.
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C.
Sigurd the Mighty
Sigurd the Mighty was a 9th-century Norse warlord famed for his brutal conquests in northern Scotland and legendary death after being wounded by a severed enemy head.
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D.
Oesbern
Oesbern is a suburban district of the town of Menden in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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E.
Sigurd the Stout
Sigurd the Stout was an influential late 10th- to early 11th-century Earl of Orkney known for his role in Norse-Scottish power struggles and his death at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scylding Target entity description: The Scyldings are a legendary royal dynasty of Danish rulers prominently featured in the Old English epic poem "Beowulf."
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A.
Hygelac
Hygelac is the legendary king of the Geats and uncle to the hero Beowulf in the Old English epic poem.
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B.
Ragnar Lodbrok
Ragnar Lodbrok is a legendary Viking hero and king of Scandinavian sagas, famed for his raids on England and France and his dramatic, mythologized death.
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C.
Sigurd the Mighty
Sigurd the Mighty was a 9th-century Norse warlord famed for his brutal conquests in northern Scotland and legendary death after being wounded by a severed enemy head.
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D.
Oesbern
Oesbern is a suburban district of the town of Menden in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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E.
Sigurd the Stout
Sigurd the Stout was an influential late 10th- to early 11th-century Earl of Orkney known for his role in Norse-Scottish power struggles and his death at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.