appear in Beowulf: Eadgils (Adils), Onela (Ale), and Ohthere (Ottar Vendelkråka), but here they are called Scylfings (see the Beowulf section below).

In his Skáldskaparmál the 13th-century Icelandic writer Snorri Sturluson hints at a less divine origin for this dynasty: One war-king was named Skelfir; and his house is called the House of Skilfings: