Borgny

Role: Heidrik's daughter · First appears: Edda · The Lament of Oddrun

Life events

• In the Lament of Oddrun, Borgny bore Vilmund's child after he had secretly lain with her.(Edda · The Lament of Oddrun)
  • With: Vilmund
  • “He wrapped the damsel In the warm bed-gear Five winters long Without her father's wotting.”
• In the Lament of Oddrun, Oddrun helped Borgny give birth to a boy and a girl.(Edda · The Lament of Oddrun)
  • With: Oddrun
  • “Till a maid and a boy Might tread on the world's ways, Blithe babes and sweet Of Hogni's bane:”

Edda · The Lament of Oddrun

• parent: Heidrik “There was a king hight Heidrik, and his daughter was called Borgny”
• courtship with Vilmund “and the name of her lover was Vilmund”
• patron: Oddrun “So may help thee All helpful things, Fey and Freyia, And all the fair Gods, As thou hast thrust This torment from me!”

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Extracted from the original text of The Story of the Volsungs. Made with Rho MD.