The Wulfings or Wylfings (the name means the "wolf clan") was a prominent family/clan in Beowulf and Widsith. According to one theory (Newton 1993), the East Anglian Wuffing dynasty was derived from the Wulfings, and it was at their court that Beowulf was first composed. Image File history File links http://runeberg. ... The first page of Beowulf This article describes Beowulf, the epic poem. ... Widsith is an Old English poem of 144 lines. ... Norfolk and Suffolk, the core area of East Anglia. ... The Wuffings were the ruling dynasty of East Anglia. ... The first page of Beowulf This article describes Beowulf, the epic poem. ...

The Old Norse form of this name is Ylfing ¹, and a powerful Scandinavian clan by that name figures prominently in the Heimskringla and in Sögubrot, where Hjörvard and his son Hjörmund belong to it. It is also mentioned in the Lay of Hyndla and in Skáldskaparmál where Eiríkr the Wise was one of its members. However, its most famous member was Helge Hundingsbane who had two poems of his own (Helgakviða Hundingsbana I and Helgakviða Hundingsbana II), in the Poetic Edda, and whose story is also retold in the Völsunga saga. Old Norse or Danish tongue is the Germanic language once spoken by the inhabitants of the Nordic countries (for instance during the Viking Age). ... The Scandinavian clan or Ätt was a social group based on common descent or on the formal acceptance into the group at a Ting. ... 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). ... Sögubrot af Nokkrum is an Icelandic text dealing with the Swedish and Danish kings of old. ... Hjörvard was the name of several characters in Norse mythology. ... The Lay of Hyndla or Hyndluljóð is an Old Norse poem of the same type as those in the Poetic Edda, but in corrupted form, and it is only preserved in Flateyjarbók. ... The second part of the Younger Edda of Snorri Sturluson. ... Helgi Hundingsbane/Hundingsbani was a hero in the Norse sagas. ... The Poetic Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems from the Icelandic mediaeval manuscript Codex Regius. ... The Ramsund carving depicting the Saga of the Völsungs The Volsunga saga is a late 13th century Icelandic prose rendition of the story of Sigurd and Brynhild, and the destruction of the Burgundians. ...

According to the Norse sagas, the Wulfings ruled the Geatish petty kingdom of Ostrogothia. The Norse sagas or Viking sagas (Icelandic: sögur), are stories about ancient Scandinavian and Germanic history, about early Viking voyages, about migration to Iceland, and of feuds between Icelandic families. ... Geatas (but also often Goths, Gautar Old Norse, Götar in Swedish) is the Old English spelling of the name of the Geats, a Scandinavian people living in Götaland, land of the Geats, currently within the borders of modern Sweden. ... Petty kingdoms were prominent before the formation of many of todays nation states. ...

Norse sagas

In the first poem (Helgakviða Hundingsbana I), Sinfjotli has his residence on the Bravellir (in East Götaland, see Battle of Bråvalla). Stanza 42: Sinfjötli (Old Norse) or Fitela (Anglo-Saxon) was born out of the incestuous relationship between Sigmund and his sister Signy. ... Br vellir (Old Norse) or Br valla (modern Scandinavian) was the name of the central plain of sterg tland (East G taland), in Norse mythology. ... ... The Battle of Brávellir or the Battle of BrÃ¥valla was a legendary battle that took place on the Brávellir between Sigurd Ring, king of Sweden and the Geats of West Götaland, and Harald Hildetand, king of Denmark and the Geats of East Götaland. ...

Helgi Hundingsbane resides at Hringstaðir (probably modern Ringstad, an old royal estate on the same plain).

In the Heimskringla, Högne was the ruler of Eastern Götaland. The legends of Helge Hundingsbane relate that Högne lost his throne to Helgi Hundingsbane. On the other hand, Sögubrot relates that Ivar Vidfamne gave the East Geatish throne to Hjörmund, the son of Hjörvard, after Ingjald's death since it had been the kingdom of Hjörmund's father Hjörvard. Sögubrot af Nokkrum is an Icelandic text dealing with the Swedish and Danish kings of old. ... Ívarr inn víðfaðmi or Ivar Vidfamne was a semi-legendary king of Sweden c. ... Ingjald centralizing Sweden Ingjaldr inn illráði or Ingjald illrÃ¥de (ill-ruler), ca 640 - ca 650, was a more or less historical Swedish king of the House of Ynglings. ...

Hann setti konunga ok jarla ok lét ser skatta gjalda; han setti Hjörmund konung, on Hervardar Ylfings, yfir Eystra-Gautland, er átt hafði faðir hans ok Granmarr konungr.

However, this contradicts both the legend of Helge Hundingsbane and the Heimskringla in which the dynasty never lost East Götaland, unless Ivar killed either Högne or Helgi Hundingsbane before giving the throne to their relative Hjörmund.

Beowulf

Neither in Widsith nor in Beowulf is the location precisely defined, but scholars identifying them with the Ylfings have pointed out that East Götaland is the most likely location of the Wulfings. This clan plays an important role in Beowulf as Beowulf's father Ecgtheow of the Wægmunding clan had slain one of its members, and was banished for not paying the wergild. The Danish king Hrothgar graciously paid the wergild, and when Beowulf arrived at the Danish court in order to slay Grendel, Hrothgar interprets this as a son's gratitude. The first page of Beowulf This article describes Beowulf, the epic poem. ... Beowulf is the hero of the Anglo-Saxon poem by his name (see Beowulf). ... Ecgþeow was a warrior in Beowulf in the service of the Geats. ... The Wægmundings were a prominent probably Swedish clan (an ätt, see Norse clans) in Beowulf. ... Weregild (Alternative spellings: wergild, wergeld, weregeld, etc. ... Hroðgar (Hrothgar, Hróar, Ro), legendary Danish king. ... Grendel is a monster in the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf, feared by all save Beowulf himself. ...

Known Wulfings

• Helm (Widsith
• Heaðolaf (Beowulf)
• Helgi Hundingsbane (Edda and Völsunga saga)
• Hjörvard Ylfing (e.g. Heimskringla and Sögubrot)
• Hjörmund (e.g. Heimskringla and Sögubrot)
• Högne (e.g. Heimskringla)
• Hildur, the son of Högne (e.g. Heimskringla)
• Eric the Wise (Skaldskaparmal and the Lay of Hyndla)

Widsith is an Old English poem of 144 lines. ... Heaðolaf (Proto-Norse *Haþulaibaz [1]) was a member of a Scandinavian clan named the Wulfings, which according to the Norse sagas ruled the Geatish petty kingdom of Ostrogothia. ... The first page of Beowulf This article describes Beowulf, the epic poem. ... Helgi Hundingsbane/Hundingsbani was a hero in the Norse sagas. ... For Edda great-grandmother as the ancestress of serfs see Ríg. ... The Ramsund carving depicting the Saga of the Völsungs The Volsunga saga is a late 13th century Icelandic prose rendition of the story of Sigurd and Brynhild, and the destruction of the Burgundians. ... Granmar was a king of Södermanland, in Snorri Sturlusons Heimskringla. ... 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). ... Sögubrot af Nokkrum is an Icelandic text dealing with the Swedish and Danish kings of old. ... 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). ... Sögubrot af Nokkrum is an Icelandic text dealing with the Swedish and Danish kings of old. ... Högne is a king of Ostrogothia who appear in Norse mythology. ... 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). ... 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). ... The second part of the Younger Edda of Snorri Sturluson. ... The Lay of Hyndla or Hyndluljóð is an Old Norse poem of the same type as those in the Poetic Edda, but in corrupted form, and it is only preserved in Flateyjarbók. ...

Footnotes

Note 1: Word initial w was lost before rounded vowels in Proto-Norse, e.g. wulf corresponds to ulf, and Wulfing/Wylfing corresponds to Ylfing, because the i in the second syllable causes an umlaut in the first syllable u->y. 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. ... Ä ä Ö ö Ü ü The term umlaut is used for two closely related notions: a special kind of vowel modification and a particular diacritic mark. ...

Primary sources

• Sögubrot
• Beowulf
• Skáldskaparmál
• Heimskringla
• Lay of Hyndla
• Edda
• Widsith

Sögubrot af Nokkrum is an Icelandic text dealing with the Swedish and Danish kings of old. ... The first page of Beowulf This article describes Beowulf, the epic poem. ... The second part of the Younger Edda of Snorri Sturluson. ... 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). ... The Lay of Hyndla or Hyndluljóð is an Old Norse poem of the same type as those in the Poetic Edda, but in corrupted form, and it is only preserved in Flateyjarbók. ... For Edda great-grandmother as the ancestress of serfs see Ríg. ... Widsith is an Old English poem of 144 lines. ...

Secondary sources

Nerman, B. Det svenska rikets uppkomst. Stockholm, 1925.

Newton, S., 1993. The Origins of Beowulf and the Pre-Viking Kingdom of East Anglia. Cambridge.

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