Freawine, Frowin or Frowinus figures as a governor of Schleswig in Gesta Danorum and in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as an ancestor of the kings of Wessex...
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needed] who slew Freawine (as Frowin), governor of Schleswig.[citation needed] Offa of Angel (as Uffa). Offa married a daughter of Freawine. Regarded as a...
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additional names arose through the insertion of a pair of Saxon heroes, Freawine and Wig, into the existing pedigree, creating a second alliterative pair...
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Freawine (a neighbouring warlord/king) so that Freawine would assist Uffi when he became king. However, the plans did not come to pass, as Freawine was...
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two governors of Schleswig, father and son, in their service, Frowinus (Freawine) and Wigo (Wig), from whom the royal family of Wessex claimed descent.[citation...
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to have been a god. Eponymous ancestor of the Geats and/or Jutes Godwulf Goðólfr Finn Finnr Friþuwulf Frealáf Friðleifr Fréawine Friþuwald Woden Óðinn...
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Iċ wæs syfanwintre þā meċ sinca baldọr, frēawine folca æt mīnum fæder ġenam; hēold meċ ond hæfde Hrēðel cyning, ġēaf me sinċ ond symbẹl, sibbe ġemunde;...
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Cynric, son of Cerdic, son of Elesa, son of Gewis, son of Wig, son of Freawine, son of Frithugar, son of Brand, son of Beldeg, son of Woden, son of Finn...
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same names as monarchs who appear in the Mercian royal genealogy, e.g., Fréawine, Fréaláf and Éomer (see List of kings of the Angles). The first kings of...
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Widsith,[citation needed] and Frowinus and Wigo are identified with the Freawine and Wig who figure among the ancestors of the kings of Wessex in the Anglo-Saxon...
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Schleswig. Wig also appears in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as the son of Freawine (Frowin) and father of Gewis, eponymous ancestor of the kingdom of Wessex...
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Wig, the sons of Freawine, a governor of Schleswig who challenged Eadgils to combat while he was pillaging in the Angle lands. Freawine was killed in combat...
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scipum — ⁊ se Cerdic was Elesing, Elesa Gewising, Gewis Wiging, Wig Freawining, Freawine Freoþogaring, Freodogar Bronding, Brond Bældæging, Bældæg Wodening...
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Frewilo, AS Wûscfreá Old English freáwine in Beowulf is an epithet of divine or god-loved heroes and kings, but Freáwine (Saxo's Frowinus) is also attested...
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the Anglo-Saxon chronicle as a descendant of Odin (Wodan) and the son of Freawine (Frowinus). Gesta Danorum (IV), Brevis historia regum Dacie Kimo Scaramundus...
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the Anglo-Saxon chronicle as a descendant of Odin (Wodan) and the son of Freawine (Frowinus). The Anglo-Saxon chronicle Gesta Danorum (IV), Brevis historia...
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Beowulf Gesta Danorum (II and VI), unnamed in Skjöldunga saga Freawine Old English: Freāwine, Latin: Frowinus The first element Freā- is from PGmc *fraw(j)ōn...
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Cerdic Elesing, Elesa Esling, Esla Gewising, Gewis Wiging, Wig Freawining, Freawine Friðugaring, Friðugar Bronding, Brond Bædæging, Bældæg Wodening The...
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