- name) and (hero's name)'. The poem
refers to a
group of
people called the
Wicinga cynn,
which may be the
earliest mention of the word "Viking" (lines 47...
- ætsomne suhtorfædran,
peace together,
uncle and nephew, siþþan hy forwræcon
wicinga cynn
since they
repulsed the Viking-kin ond
Ingeldes ord forbigdan, and...
- Hroðgar
heoldon lengest sibbe ætsomne suhtorfædran, siþþan hy forwræcon
wicinga cynn ond
Ingeldes ord forbigdan,
forheowan æt
Heorote Heaðobeardna þrym...
- Hroðgar
heoldon lengest sibbe ætsomne suhtorfædran, siþþan hy forwræcon
wicinga cynn ond
Ingeldes ord forbigdan,
forheowan æt
Heorote Heaðobeardna þrym...
-
burns down the monastery, and
kills all the monks.
Wicings Old English:
Wīcingas A
people mentioned in
Widsith lines 47 and 59, and
identified with the...
- Hroðgar
heoldon lengest sibbe ætsomne suhtorfædran, siþþan hy forwræcon
wicinga cynn ond
Ingeldes ord forbigdan,
forheowan æt
Heorote Heaðobeardna þrym...
- Es****. The
misidentification goes back to
Edward Lye, who
recorded a
Wicinga-mere (introducing an ****ociation with Vikings) as a
villa in agro Herefordiensi...
