Beowulf

What are Wealtheow's qualities in the story?

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Wealtheow, a princess of the house of the Helmings, is Hrothgar's wife. She is a woman of great dignity, political sense, and status among her husband's people. She addresses Hrothgar like a counselor, and she is treated as such by her husband.

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