. The Wulfings play an important role in Beowulf as Beowulf's father Ecgþeow of the Wægmunding clan had slain one of its members, and was banished for not paying the wergild. The Danish king Hroðgar, who was married to Wealhþeow, a Wulfing woman, graciously paid the wergild, and when Beowulf arrived at the Danish court in order to slay Grendel, Hroðgar interpreted this as a son's gratitude. In Old Norse sources, the clan figure prominently in the Heimskringla and in S… (More on Wulfing)