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Hrólfr Kraki (Old Norse: [ˈhroːlvz̠ ˈkrɑke]), Hroðulf, Rolfo, Roluo, Rolf
Krage (early 6th century) was a semi-legendary
Danish king who
appears in both...
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Rollo (Norman: Rou, Rolloun; Old Norse:
Hrólfr; French: Rollon; died in 933) was a
Viking who, as
Count of Rouen,
became the
first ruler of Normandy, a...
- the stem
words hrod ("renown") + wulf ("wolf"). The Old
Norse cognate is
Hrólfr. An
alternative but less
common variation of Rolf in
Norway is Rolv. The...
- a Scylding, the son of Halfdan, the
brother of Halga, and the
uncle of
Hrólfr Kraki. Moreover, in both traditions, the
mentioned characters were the contemporaries...
- the Saga of King Rolf Kraki, is a late
legendary saga on the
adventures Hrólfr Kraki, a semi-legendary king in what is now Denmark, and his clan, the Skjöldungs...
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sources mostly deal with his
interaction with the
legendary Danish king
Hrólfr Kraki (Hroðulf), and
Eadgils is
mostly presented in a
negative light as...
- who
received aid from Beowulf) and
their son
Hrólfr Kraki. The
common claim in
Beowulf studies that
Hrólfr Kraki probably was the son of
Halga is taken...
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Hrólfr Gautreksson was a
legendary Geatish king who
appears in Hrólfs saga
Gautrekssonar and
probably in Hyndluljóð. Hrólfs saga
Gautrekssonar tells that...
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heard that — ela's queen, 63 the Heathoscylfing’s
helpmate dear. Hroðulf (
Hrólfr Kraki) is only
mentioned as Hroðgar's nephew,
whereas he is
specified as...
- ˈbjɑrki]),
meaning 'Warlike Little-Bear', is the hero
appearing in
tales of
Hrólfr Kraki in the Hrólfs saga kraka, in the
Latin epitome to the lost Skjöldunga...
