Table of Contents
45 relations: Alfred the Great, Angeln, Archaeology of Northern Europe, Attila, Baltic Sea, Denmark, Deor, Ermanaric, Exeter Book, Exeter Cathedral, Goths, Heaðobards, Heorot, Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks, Hlöðskviða, Hrólfr Kraki, Hrothgar, Hundings, Huns, Ingeld, John Niles (scholar), Kemp Malone, Leonard Neidorf, List of Byzantine emperors, List of early Germanic peoples, Lotte Hedeager, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Migration Period, Myrging, Old English literature, Ostrogoths, Philological Quarterly, Reidgotaland, Robert Howard Hodgkin, Scop, Sid Bradley, Textiles in folklore, The Fortunes of Men, Theodoric the Great, Thula (poetic genre), Vainglory (poem), Vikings, Vistula, Wayland the Smith, Wielbark culture.
Alfred the Great
Alfred the Great (also spelled Ælfred; – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899.
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Angeln
Angeln (Danish: Angel) is a peninsula on the Baltic coast of Jutland, in the Bay of Kiel.
Archaeology of Northern Europe
The archaeology of Northern Europe studies the prehistory of Scandinavia and the adjacent North European Plain, roughly corresponding to the territories of modern Sweden, Norway, Denmark, northern Germany, Poland and the Netherlands.
See Widsith and Archaeology of Northern Europe
Attila
Attila, frequently called Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death, in early 453.
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North and Central European Plain.
Denmark
Denmark (Danmark) is a Nordic country in the south-central portion of Northern Europe.
Deor
"Deor" (or "The Lament of Deor") is an Old English poem found on folio 100r–100v of the late-10th-century collection the Exeter Book. Widsith and Deor are old English poems.
See Widsith and Deor
Ermanaric
Ermanaric (died 376) was a Greuthungian Gothic king who before the Hunnic invasion evidently ruled a sizable portion of Oium, the part of Scythia inhabited by the Goths at the time. Widsith and Ermanaric are English heroic legends.
Exeter Book
The Exeter Book, also known as the Codex Exoniensis or Exeter Cathedral Library MS 3501, is a large codex of Old English poetry, believed to have been produced in the late tenth century AD.
Exeter Cathedral
Exeter Cathedral, properly known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, is an Anglican cathedral, and the seat of the Bishop of Exeter, in the city of Exeter, Devon, in South West England.
See Widsith and Exeter Cathedral
Goths
The Goths (translit; Gothi, Gótthoi) were Germanic people who played a major role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the emergence of medieval Europe.
Heaðobards
The Heaðobards (Old English: Heaðubeardan, Old Saxon: Headubarden, "war-beards") were possibly a branch of the Langobards, and their name may be preserved in toponym Bardengau, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Widsith and Heaðobards are English heroic legends.
Heorot
Heorot (Old English 'hart, stag') is a mead-hall and major point of focus in the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf.
Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks
Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks (The Saga of Hervör and Heidrek) is a legendary saga from the 13th century combining matter from several older sagas in Germanic heroic legend.
See Widsith and Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks
Hlöðskviða
Hlöðskviða (also Hlǫðskviða and Hlǫðsqviða), known in English as The Battle of the Goths and Huns and occasionally known by its German name Hunnenschlachtlied, is an Old Norse heroic poem found in Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks.
Hrólfr Kraki
Hrólfr Kraki (Old Norse), Hroðulf, Rolfo, Roluo, Rolf Krage (early 6th century) was a semi-legendary Danish king who appears in both Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian tradition. Widsith and Hrólfr Kraki are English heroic legends.
Hrothgar
Hrothgar (Hrōðgār; Hróarr) was a semi-legendary Danish king living around the early sixth century AD. Widsith and Hrothgar are English heroic legends.
Hundings
The Hundings (Old English: Hundingas, the "hound-clan") are a legendary tribe or clan in early Germanic sources, mostly mentioned due to their feud with the Wulfings (the "wolf-clan").
Huns
The Huns were a nomadic people who lived in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe between the 4th and 6th centuries AD.
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Ingeld
Ingeld or Ingjaldr (Old Norse) was a legendary warrior who appears in early English and Norse legends. Widsith and Ingeld are English heroic legends.
John Niles (scholar)
John D. Niles (born 1945) is an American scholar of medieval English literature best known for his work on Beowulf and the theory of oral literature.
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Kemp Malone
Kemp Malone (March 14, 1889 in Minter City, Mississippi – October 13, 1971) was an American medievalist, etymologist, philologist, and specialist in Chaucer.
Leonard Neidorf
Leonard Neidorf (born) is an American philologist who is Professor of English at Nanjing University.
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List of Byzantine emperors
The foundation of Constantinople in 330 AD marks the conventional start of the Eastern Roman Empire, which fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 AD.
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List of early Germanic peoples
The list of early Germanic peoples is a register of ancient Germanic cultures, tribal groups, and other alliances of Germanic tribes and civilisations in ancient times.
See Widsith and List of early Germanic peoples
Lotte Hedeager
Lotte Hedeager (born 24 February 1948) is a Danish archaeologist who is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Oslo.
See Widsith and Lotte Hedeager
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (BC – 12 BC) was a Roman general, statesman and architect who was a close friend, son-in-law and lieutenant to the Roman emperor Augustus.
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Migration Period
The Migration Period (circa 300 to 600 AD), also known as the Barbarian Invasions, was a period in European history marked by large-scale migrations that saw the fall of the Western Roman Empire and subsequent settlement of its former territories by various tribes, and the establishment of the post-Roman kingdoms.
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Myrging
The Myrgings were a clan and people of Saxon origin who, together with their king Eadgils, are only mentioned in the Old English poem Widsith. Widsith and Myrging are English heroic legends.
Old English literature
Old English literature refers to poetry (alliterative verse) and prose written in Old English in early medieval England, from the 7th century to the decades after the Norman Conquest of 1066, a period often termed Anglo-Saxon England.
See Widsith and Old English literature
Ostrogoths
The Ostrogoths (Ostrogothi, Austrogothi) were a Roman-era Germanic people.
Philological Quarterly
The Philological Quarterly is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on medieval European and modern literature and culture.
See Widsith and Philological Quarterly
Reidgotaland
Reidgotaland, Reidgothland, Reidgotland, Hreidgotaland or Hreiðgotaland was a land mentioned in Germanic heroic legend (mentioned in the Scandinavian sagas as well as the Anglo-Saxon Widsith) usually interpreted as the land of the Goths.
Robert Howard Hodgkin
Robert Howard Hodgkin (24 April 1877 – 28 June 1951), who went by Robin, was an English historian.
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Scop
A scop was a poet as represented in Old English poetry.
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Sid Bradley
Sid (Sidney Arthur James) Bradley (born 1936) is an academic, author and specialist in Anglo-Saxon literature.
Textiles in folklore
Mention of textiles in folklore is ancient, and its lost mythic lore probably accompanied the early spread of this art.
See Widsith and Textiles in folklore
The Fortunes of Men
"The Fortunes of Men", also "The Fates of Men" or "The Fates of Mortals", is the title given to an Old English gnomic poem of 98 lines in the Exeter Book, fols. Widsith and the Fortunes of Men are old English poems.
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Theodoric the Great
Theodoric (or Theoderic) the Great (454 – 30 August 526), also called Theodoric the Amal, was king of the Ostrogoths (475–526), and ruler of the independent Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy between 493 and 526, regent of the Visigoths (511–526), and a patrician of the Eastern Roman Empire.
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Thula (poetic genre)
The thula (pl. thulas, from pl. þulur) is an ancient poetic genre in the Germanic literatures. Widsith and thula (poetic genre) are English heroic legends and old English poems.
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Vainglory (poem)
"Vainglory" is the title given to an Old English gnomic or homiletic poem of eighty-four lines, preserved in the Exeter Book. Widsith and Vainglory (poem) are old English poems.
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Vikings
Vikings were seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway, and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded, and settled throughout parts of Europe.
Vistula
The Vistula (Wisła,, Weichsel) is the longest river in Poland and the ninth-longest in Europe, at in length.
Wayland the Smith
In Germanic mythology, Wayland the Smith (Wēland;, Velent; Old Frisian: Wela(n)du; Wieland der Schmied; Wiolant; Galans (Galant) in Old French; italic from Wilą-ndz, lit. "crafting one") is a master blacksmith originating in Germanic heroic legend, described by Jessie Weston as "the weird and malicious craftsman, Weyland".
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Wielbark culture
The Wielbark culture (Wielbark-Willenberg-Kultur; Kultura wielbarska) is an Iron Age archaeological complex which flourished on the territory of today's Poland from the 1st century AD to the 5th century AD.
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References
Also known as Traveller's Song, Tribes of Widsith, Widsid.