Folcwald, Folcpald, Folcbald or Folcwalda (which means leader of folk or people) is the father of Finn, a legendary Frisian king. He is mentioned in Widsith and in Beowulf; a passage from Beowulf as translated by Seamus Heaney (lines 1089–1090) reads: In the range of persons mentioned in the Widsith, only Finn`s father is named, which seems to ....