Anund's mound, a grave associated with Anund. It is, however, more likely that the name is taken from the runestone, which was raised 400 years after Anund's death Brøt-Anundr (Old East Norse) or Braut-Önundr (Old West Norse), meaning trail-blazer Anund or Anund the land-clearer, d. ca 640, was a legendary Swedish king of the House of Yngling. The name would have been Proto-Norse *Anuwinduz [1], meaning "winning ancestor"). Download high resolution version (1167x875, 132 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Anund ...
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Old Norse or Danish tongue is the Germanic language once spoken by the inhabitants of the Nordic countries (for instance during the Viking Age). ...
Old Norse or Danish tongue is the Germanic language once spoken by the inhabitants of the Nordic countries (for instance during the Viking Age). ...
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The Ynglings (Heimskringla), Scylfings (Beowulf) or Sons of Frey (Gesta Danorum and Ynglingatal) were the oldest known Scandinavian dynasty. ...
Proto-Norse, Proto-Nordic, Ancient Nordic or Proto-North Germanic was an Indo-European language spoken in Scandinavia that is thought to have evolved from Proto-Germanic between the 1st century BC and the 2nd century, and was spoken until ca 800, when it evolved into the Old Norse language. ...
In his Ynglinga saga, Snorri Sturluson relates that Anund succeeded his father Ingvar on the Swedish throne, and after his father's wars against Danish vikings and Estonian pirates, peace reigned over Sweden and there were good harvests. Anund was a popular king who became very rich, not only because of the peace and the good harvests but also because he avenged his father in Estonia. That country was ravaged far and wide and in the autumn Anund returned with great riches. The Ynglinga saga was originally written in Old Norse by the Icelandic poet Snorri Sturluson about 1225. ...
Snorri Sturluson (1178 – September 23, 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet and politician. ...
Ingvar or Yngvar Harra, Proto-Norse *Ingu-Hariz (d. ...
In those days Sweden was dominated by vast and uninhabited forests, so Anund started making roads and clearing land and vast districts were settled by Swedes. Consequently he was named Bröt-Anund. He made a house (Husby) for himself in every district and used to stay as a guest in many homes. Husby is the name of many swedish (and danish) farms and villages. ...
One autumn, King Anund was travelling between his halls (see Husbys) and came to a place called Himinheiðr (sky heath) between two mountains. He was surprised by a landslide which killed him. A hallway at the Royal York Hotel Look up Hall, hall in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Husby is the name of many swedish (and danish) farms and villages. ...
After presenting this story of Anund, Snorri Sturluson quotes Þjóðólfr of Hvinir's Ynglingatal: Þjóðólfr of Hvinir was a skald. ...
Ynglingatal is a poem listing the kings of the House of Ynglings. ...
- Varð Önundr
- Jónakrs bura
- harmi heptr
- und Himinfjöllum,
- ok ofvæg
- Eistra dólgi
- heipt hrísungs
- at hendi kom;
- ok sá frömuðr
- foldar beinum
- Högna hrörs
- um horfinn var.[2]
| - We all have heard how Jonkur's sons,
- Whom weapons could not touch, with stones
- Were stoned to death in open day,
- King Onund died in the same way.
- Or else perhaps the wood-grown land,
- Which long had felt his conquering hand,
- Uprose at length in deadly strife,
- And pressed out Onund's hated life.[3]
| | The Historia Norwegiæ presents a Latin summary of Ynglingatal, older than Snorri's quotation (continuing after Ingvar): Hamdir, Sörli and Erp (ice. ...
Historia Norwegiæ is a short history of the Norwegian past written by a monk around the second half of the 12th century. ...
Ingvar or Yngvar Harra, Proto-Norse *Ingu-Hariz (d. ...
- Iste ergo genuit Broutonund, quem Sigwardus frater suus occidit in Himinheithi[1], quod loci vocabulum interpretatur coeli campus. Post istum filius suus Ingialdr [...][2].
The original text of Ynglingatal is hard to interprete, and it only says that Anund died und Himinfjöllum (under the sky mountains) and that stones were implied. According to Historia Norwegiae, he was murded by his brother Sigvard in Himinherthy (which the source says means "the fields of the sky", cœli campus. Such a place name is not known and Birger Nerman suggests that the original place of death was under the sky mountains, i.e. under the clouds (cf. the etymology of cloud). Consequently, he may have been killed outdoors, by his brother and with a stone. In the translation above, Laing has made the same interpretation as Nerman. Ynglingatal is a poem listing the kings of the House of Ynglings. ...
Historia Norvegiæ is a short history of the Norwegian past written by a monk in the second half of the 12th century. ...
Birger Nerman (1888 – 1971) was a Swedish archeologist and writer. ...
Thorsteins saga Víkingssonar says that Anund was not the son of Ingvar, but the son of his grand-father Östen. It also relates that he had a brother named Olaf who was the king of Fjordane. Þorsteins saga VÃkingssonar or The Saga of Thorstein, Vikings Son is a legendary saga taking place in the 7th century and it is about the father of Frithjof the Bold. ...
Ingvar or Yngvar Harra, Proto-Norse *Ingu-Hariz (d. ...
Östen or Eystein (d. ...
County NO-14 Region Vestlandet Administrative centre Leikanger County mayor Nils R. Sandal Area - Total - Percentage Ranked 8 18,623 km² 5. ...
All sources say that Anund was the father of the infamous Ingjald ill-ruler. Ingjald centralizing Sweden Ingjaldr hinn illráði or Ingjald illråde (ill-ruler), ca 640 - ca 650, was a legendary Swedish king of the House of Ynglings. ...
Notes
- ^ Storm informs that he has corrected the name to Himinheithi (sky fields) in his edition, instead of the original Himinherthy.
- ^ Storm, Gustav (editor) (1880). Monumenta historica Norwegiæ: Latinske kildeskrifter til Norges historie i middelalderen, Monumenta Historica Norwegiae (Kristiania: Brøgger), p. 101.
Primary sources Ynglingatal is a poem listing the kings of the House of Ynglings. ...
The Ynglinga saga was originally written in Old Norse by the Icelandic poet Snorri Sturluson about 1225. ...
Heimskringla is the Old Norse name of a collection of sagas recorded in Iceland around 1225 by the poet and historian Snorri Sturluson (1179-1242). ...
Historia Norvegiæ is a short history of the Norwegian past written by a monk in the second half of the 12th century. ...
Þorsteins saga VÃkingssonar or The Saga of Thorstein, Vikings Son is a legendary saga taking place in the 7th century and it is about the father of Frithjof the Bold. ...
Secondary sources Nerman, B. Det svenska rikets uppkomst. Stockholm, 1925. |
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