Heoroweard
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heoroweard-307-13010573
title:
Heoroweard
text:
Heoroweard is a character who appears in Beowulf and also in Norse legends, where he is named Hjörvarðr or Hiartuar. If he existed in real life, his name would have been Proto-Norse *Heruwarduz. In the Norse sources, Hereoweard rebelled against Hroðulf/Hrólf Kraki and killed him, but otherwise the sources vary greatly. This is an account of the differences: In the paraphrase of Bjarkamál in the Gesta Danorum of Saxo Grammaticus, his army consisted of Swedes in one line and of Geats in another li
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Figure in Germanic legend
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heoroweard
date created:
date modified:
2023-10-28T20:33:19Z
main entity:
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image:
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fields total:
13
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