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Hygelac (Old English:
Hygelāc; Old Norse: Hugleikr; Proto-Germanic: *Hugilaikaz; Latin: Ch(l)ochilaicus or Hugilaicus; died c. 516 or 521) was a king...
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Germanic legend and in at
least one case, they were
probably historical (
Hygelac).
Their order of
succession is
uncertain (if they ever lived). Dag, contemporary...
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great many
characters in
Beowulf ranging from
historical people such as
Hygelac to
purely mythological dragons. Ælfhere – a
kinsman of
Wiglaf and Beowulf...
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rescued by
Hygelac, who
arrives the next day with reinforcements. His
warrior Eofor kills the
Swedish king. Hæþcyn is
succeeded by
Hygelac. Klaeber's...
- (Götaland), the
Geatish king Hæþcyn was
killed by the
Swedish king Ongenþeow.
Hygelac, who
became the new king, sent
Eofor and his
brother Wulf to
fight against...
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events (e.g., the
battle between Eadgils and Onela). The raid by King
Hygelac into
Frisia is
mentioned by
Gregory of
Tours in his
History of the Franks...
- is the son of
Hygelac, king of the Geats, and his
queen Hygd, in Beowulf.
After Hygelac's death, in Frisia, Hygd
wants to make
Hygelac's nephew Beowulf...
- with the better-known text Beowulf,
since the
Liber also
mentions King
Hygelac of the
Geats and that he was
renowned for his
large size. Some scholars...
- Geats, and
besieged one of
their armies. He
nearly killed the
Geatish king
Hygelac but lost many of his
forces in the conflict.
Ohthere managed to get back...
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Domini calendar era
became the
prevalent method in
Europe for
naming years.
Hygelac, king of the
Geats (Sweden),
raids the
Lower Rhine, and is
defeated by...
