Sceaf (Seskef)^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

- Yes, date unknown

• Name	Sceaf (Seskef)
  Gender	Male
  Name	Japhet (q.v.); (Seseph)
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Notes	«b»http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal14288«/b» Also known as Seskef and Odin, he has been mistaken for Shem, the son of Noah and who was also a father of a Bedwig. The error occurs in the source, [UL:Anglo-Saxon Chronicles.:UL] «b»http://www.ancestrees.com/pedigree/5081.htm«/b» «b»http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sceafa«/b» «b»Sceafa«/b» («u»Old English «/u»: «i»sc«/i»), also spelled «b»Sceaf«/b» («i»sc«/i») or «b»Scef«/b» («i»sc«/i»), was an ancient «u»Lombardic king «/u» in «u»English legend «/u». According to his story, Sceafa appeared mysteriously as a child, coming out of the sea in an empty boat. The name also appears in the corrupt forms «i»Seskef«/i», «i»Stefius«/i», «i»Strephius«/i», and «i»Stresaeus«/i». Though the name has historically been modernized «b»Shava«/b» (and latinized «b»Scefius«/b»), «u»J. R. R. Tolkien «/u» used the modern spelling «i»Sheave«/i». «b»http://www.jbdaedal.com/shannon/4/1404.htm«/b» (Research):«b»http://fabpedigree.com/s096/f691496.htm«/b»
  Person ID	I4779	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	29 Apr 2015

  
  

  Father	Maji (Magi) Modasson   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1417	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. Bedwig (Bedvig) of Sceaf   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1416	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

• Photos

  Seskef Sceaf in the boat, illustration from Fredrik Sander's 1893 edition of the Poetic Edda

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett). [S401] Albert F. Schmuhl The Royal Line. [S399] Stevens, Luke, Line of Adam. [S400] http://www.ancestrees.com/pedigree/5056.htm.