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    Svipdagr (Old Norse: [ˈswipˌdɑɣz̠] "sudden day") is the hero of the two Old Norse Eddaic poems Grógaldr and Fjölsvinnsmál, which are contained within the...
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    Dagr (section Svipdagr)
    theorized that Dagr may be related to (or may be the same figure as) the hero Svipdagr (whose name means "the suddenly dawning day") who is attested in various...
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    mountain"). The exchange between the hero Svipdagr and Fjölsviðr mentioning Eir is as follows: After the exchange, Svipdagr asks if these figures will give aid...
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    in to order marry, Svipdagr's sister, Groa. The prince was eventually successful and Svipdagr's father, Sigtryg was killed. Svipdagr escaped to Norway...
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    Svipdagsmál (Old Norse: [ˈswɪpˌdaɣsˌmɒːl], 'The Lay of Svipdagr') is an Old Norse poem, sometimes included in modern editions of the Poetic Edda, comprising...
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  • fruit, and as harboring the cock Víðópnir. The first mention occurs when Svipdagr asks Fjölsviðr to tell him what the name of the tree whose branches reach...
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    Norse poems commonly published under the title Svipdagsmál "The Lay of Svipdagr". These poems are found together in several 17th-century paper manuscripts...
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    is a bridal quest, in which Svipdagr eventually gains entry to the mansion that houses his would-be bride Menglöð. Svipdagr (under the pseudonym Vindkaldr)...
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    in the Old Norse poem Grógaldr, (a section of Svipdagsmál), by her son Svipdagr. In death she has lost none of her prophetic powers, and is able to assist...
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  • by crowning him as co-ruler. Later, he was killed by Svipdagr, king of the Norwegians. Svipdagr Daughter of Gram and Groa Son-in-law of Gram After Gram...
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    fastest horse ever to exist, and also the form of a she-wolf to bear Fenrir. Svipdagr angered Odin, who turned him into a dragon. Despite his monstrous appearance...
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    Mythology that Ullr was the son of Sif by Egill-Örvandill, half-brother of Svipdagr-Óðr, nephew of Völundr and a cousin of Skaði, and that Ullr followed in...
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    Skiold Gram Guthorm Hading Foreign rulers Skat Sigtryg Asmund Uffe Gusonis Svipdagr Sumble Henry Handwan Loker Other men Bess Lysir Roar Women Grytha Alfhild...
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  • (2006). "Mead and 'Aqua Vitae': Functions of Mímir, Oðinn, Viðofnir and Svipdagr". In Langbroek, Erika; Quak, Arend; Roeleveld, Annelies; Vermeyden, Paula...
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    in association with runes. In the poem, Fjölsviðr describes to the hero Svipdagr that Sinmara keeps the weapon Lævateinn within a chest, locked with nine...
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    aid from the dead mother. This motif occurs from Norse mythology, where Svipdagr rouses his mother Gróa from the grave so as to learn from her how to accomplish...
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  • Egil Helgi Hothbrodd Loki Odin Ragnar Lodbrok Sigurd Fafnersbane Starkad Svipdagr Thor Vili and Vé Kaknu Nanabozho Arash Babak Khorramdin Esfandiyār Fereydun...
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  • Zavaroni (2006). Mead and aqua vitae: Functions of Mímir, Oðinn, Viðófnir and Svipdagr. Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik, Eds: Erika Langbroek et...
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    is stated as the father of Menglöð by an unnamed mother, who the hero Svipdagr seeks. Menglöð has often been theorized as the goddess Freyja, and according...
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    Skiold Gram Guthorm Hading Foreign rulers Skat Sigtryg Asmund Uffe Gusonis Svipdagr Sumble Henry Handwan Loker Other men Bess Lysir Roar Women Grytha Alfhild...
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    Hadingus King of the Danes Predecessor Svipdagr Successor Frotho I House Scylding Father Gram Mother Signe Religion Pagan...
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  • addresses a watchman called Fjölsviður. In the exchange between the two, Svipdagr asks what the wall is called. Fjolsvith replies that it is called Gastropnir...
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    Gram of Denmark King of the Danes Predecessor Skiold Successor Svipdagr Consort Groa Signe Issue daughter Guthorm Hading House Scylding Father Skiold Mother...
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  • Swæbdæg. The Prose Edda also gives these names, as Sigarr and Svebdeg alias Svipdagr, but places them a generation farther down the Kent pedigree, as son and...
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  • Its Last Thoughts) 2:29 8. "Chanson d'automne" (Autumn Song) 7:40 9. "Svipdagr & Freyja" 3:58 10. "Une matinée d'hiver" (A Winter Forenoon) 4:07 Total...
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  • one of the 99 names of Óðinn Alföðr Sigtryg, the legendary father of Svipdagr, king of Norway, according to Gesta Danorum. Kings of Dublin: Sigtrygg...
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    assembled twelve great berserkers named Hrómundr harði, Hrólfr skjóthendi, Svipdagr, Beigaðr, Hvítserkr inn hvati, Haklangr, Harðrefill, Haki inn frækni, Vöttr...
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    princess, Groa. His father was slain by his uncle, the Norwegian king, Svipdagr. After the incident, his uncle installed him as the puppet king of the...
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    Skiold Gram Guthorm Hading Foreign rulers Skat Sigtryg Asmund Uffe Gusonis Svipdagr Sumble Henry Handwan Loker Other men Bess Lysir Roar Women Grytha Alfhild...
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  • assembled twelve great berserkers named Hrómundr harði, Hrólfr skjóthendi, Svipdagr, Beigaðr, Hvítserkr inn hvati, Haklangr, Harðrefill, Haki inn frækni, Vöttr...
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