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    Witege, Witige or Wittich (Old English: Wudga, Widia; Gotho-Latin: Vidigoia) or Vidrik "Vidga" Verlandsson (Old Norse: Vidrīk + Viðga or Videke + Verlandsson...
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    discovers where Witege is being held prisoner, attacks King Ósantrix, kills him, and frees his friend. Following the episode, a quarrel between Witege and Heime...
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    mostly biblical heroes, but including Dietrich von Bern fighting against Witege from the Old Swedish version of the Þiðreks saga, found on the vault of...
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    and while he is brave and a powerful warrior, he eventually encounters Witege and Heime, two traitors who have switched sides to Ermenrich. They kill...
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    by his wife Helche are killed by Dietrich's former vassal Witege outside of Ravenna. Witege then flees into the sea and is rescued by a mermaid rather...
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    fight against the dwarf King Laurin, which takes place when Dietrich and Witege destroy Laurin's magical rose garden. The heroes are subsequently invited...
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    hill of Wudia: Wudia may be a real settler or the legendary Germanic hero Witege). The other English places called Withington may have different origins...
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  • Vidigoia is thought to be one of the inspirations for the Germanic hero Witege. Wolfram 1990, pp. 387–388 Wolfram 1990, p. 95 Jordanes. The Origin and...
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    mentions of the fights of the heroes Ðeodric (Dietrich von Bern) and Widia (Witege), son of Wayland, against giants. The Finnesburg Fragment tells a story...
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    an oak tree so that Humlung can claim to have defeated him. When Vidrek (Witege) doesn't believe Humlung and goes to check, Sigurd rips the oak tree from...
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    Byzantine Empire under Justinian I. This is particularly true for the figure of Witege and his betrayal at Ravenna, as told in Die Rabenschlacht. Millet notes...
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  • pairing of Widga and Heime is also mentioned in Widsith. In Alpharts Tod, Witege (Wudga) is rescued from Alphart (Hildebrand's kinsman) by Heime. By dishonourably...
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    battle. Witege, however, is unwilling to fight until Dietrich promises to give him the horse Schemming, which Dietrich exchanges for Witege's horse Valke...
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    sends a group of vassals to fetch some. This group falls into an ambush by Witege, a former vassal of Dietrich's who switched sides. This results in the capture...
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    gather a force to free Dietrich, calling for the aid King Imian of Hungary, Witege, Heime, and Biterolf and Dietleib. The heroes go to Muter and arrange combat...
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    his release. Virginal Witege Old English: Wuðga or Widia, Old Norse: Viðga, Old Swedish Witeke Middle High German: Witige or Witege, later also Wittich...
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    OHG "uo/ua". The son of Rüdiger; he mentioned as having been killed by Witege in the Nibelungenlied, but appears as a supporting character in other epics...
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    *haim- ("home") Companion of Witige. The OE poem Widsith mentions Háma and Witege among Ermanaric's as exiles followers, while Beowulf mentions that Háma...
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    legend.[34] Various authors suggest links to the giant Vaði, (also known as Witege, Vathe, Vidia, Widga, Vidga, Wadi or Vade) mentioned in the Norse Saga of...
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    brother Diether and Etzel's sons at the hands of Witege. Fasold implicitly compares Dietrich to Witege, as Fasold seeks to avenge his own brother's death...
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    Dietrich spent thirty years at Maeringa burg, and that he gave a sword to Witege for aiding him against giants. In the Nibelungenlied, he appears as an exile...
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