Finn (mythology)

Finn, son of Flocwald, was a legendary Frisian lord. He is mentioned in Historia Britonum, in Beowulf, and in the Finnsburg Fragment.

He was married to Hildeburh, a sister of the 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 Flocwald,

should honor the Danes,