Hervör (Old Norse: Hervǫr) is the name shared by two female characters in the Tyrfing Cycle, presented in The Saga of Hervör and Heidrek with parts found...
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In Norse mythology, Hervör alvitr (Old Norse, alvitr possibly meaning "all-wise" or "strange creature") is a valkyrie. Hervör alvitr is attested in the...
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Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks (The Saga of Hervör and Heidrek) is a legendary saga from the 13th century combining matter from several older sagas in Germanic...
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mentioned by name in the Norse sagas include Brynhildr in the Vǫlsunga saga, Hervor in Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks, the Brynhildr of the Bósa saga ok Herrauðs...
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issuing his challenge and his death, and through her had a daughter Hervor. Hervor was brought up as a bond-servant, and inherited her father's prowess...
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Hlöd (section The Death of Hervor, Hlöd's Sister)
commanded by Hervor, the sister of Angantyr and Hlöd, together with Ormar, her foster-father. One morning as the sun was rising above the steppes, Hervor stood...
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so that it would no longer cause any harm. However Angantyr's daughter Hervor would later return and claim Tyrfing as her own. This event is known as...
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Sigrid and Leif's wedding. Rahul Kohli as Egill Birgitte Hjort Sørensen as Hervor Hakeem Kae-Kazim as Baldr Peter Franzén as Glaumar Paget Brewster as Jarnglumra...
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in English translation as The Waking of Angantyr, or The Incantation of Hervor) is an Old Norse poem from the Hervarar saga, and which is sometimes included...
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attested in the Poetic Edda poem Völundarkviða as the sister of the valkyrie Hervör alvitr (both daughters of King Hlödvér), and as the seven-year wife of Slagfiðr...
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by the Norwegian artist Peter Nicolai Arbo in his 19th century painting Hervor's Death, though when she falls as if dead, the film scene looks in her opinion...
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Romanized populations. According to Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks (The Saga of Hervör and Heidrek), a 13th-century legendary saga, Árheimar was the capital of...
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host was far superior in numbers, so that Hervör's troops began to suffer heavy losses; and in the end Hervör fell, and a great part of her army round...
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daughters of King Hlödvér are named Hlaðguðr svanhvít ("swan-white") and Hervör alvitr (possibly meaning "all-wise" or "strange creature"); the third, daughter...
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Reformed Church (Dutch: Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk, pronounced [ˈneːdərlɑntsə ɦɛrˈvɔr(ə)mdə ˈkɛr(ə)k], abbreviated NHK [ˌɛnɦaːˈkaː]) was the largest Christian...
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inheritance, Angantýr refused to split evenly and war ensued, claiming first Hervör, their sister, then Hlöðr himself as casualties. The first verses frame...
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him from sacrificing his last son, Egil.[citation needed] In the Saga of Hervor and Heidrek, Heidrek agrees to the sacrifice of his son in exchange for...
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In another version, Völundr married the swan maiden Hervör, and they had a son, Heime, but Hervör later left Völundr. In both versions, his love left...
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3 vols., (Saint Louis: CPH, 1920), 3:575: "Hieraus geht sicher so viel hervor, daß die abgeschiedenen Seelen der Gläubigen in einem Zustande des seligen...
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Norrøne Tekster og Kvad. English translation by N. Kershaw: "The Saga of Hervör and Heithrek" Archived December 27, 2006, at the Wayback Machine in Stories...
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svanhvít ok Hervör alvitr, in þriðja var Ölrún Kjársdóttir af Vallandi. Two of them were daughters of King Hlothver, Hlathguth the Swan-White and Hervor the All-Wise...
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the operas of the day". No. 7. Und Gott sprach: Es bringe die Erde Gras hervor (And God said, Let all the earth bring forth grass) Brief recitative for...
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Mirkwood, where there was a fortress under the command of Hervör, Angantyr's sister. In the battle Hervör was killed and her armies were defeated. After Angantyr...
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reflect the suffix vör that appears in personal names such as Geirvör and Hervör. Simek (2007:102). Jónsson (1973:678). Jónsson, Finnur (1973). Den Norsk-Islandske...
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meaning "ruler, king". Heidrek was the son of king Höfund and his wife Hervor, a shieldmaiden. Like his mother in her youth, he was ill-natured and violent...
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Bratwurst: Neue historische Quelle ruft Streit zwischen Thüringern und Franken hervor". Der Tagesspiegel Online. Retrieved 2016-09-04. German Food Guide Whitlock...
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Angantýr! vekr þik Hervǫr, eingadóttir ykkr Sváfu! Selðu ór haugi hvassan mæki þann's Svafrlama slógu dvergar. Awaken, Angantyr! Hervor awakens you; your...
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the Logting Sirið Stenberg R 457 Minister of Social Affairs and Culture Hervør Pálsdóttir R 376 Member of the Logting Annika Olsena E 335 Member of the...
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or Gauti. According to Hervarar saga ok Heidreks konungs ("The Saga of Hervor and King Heidrek") versions H and U: Sigrlami. He was son of Odin and king...
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Guðröðr and Halfdan the Valiant, sons of a Gothic princess called Hervor (or Hild). Hervor's husband was Harald the Old, son of Valdar, son of Roar (Hroðgar)...
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