Randver
Role: man · First appears: Elder Edda · The Lay of Hyndla
In the Lay of Hyndla, Randver is named as the father of Radbard. In Gudrun’s Incitement, Bikki urges Randver to take Svanhild; after Bikki tells Jormunrek, the king has Randver hanged and Svanhild trampled under horses’ feet. The Poetical Diction likewise says that Jormunrek had Randver brought to the gallows after learning that Randver and Svanhild planned to marry.
Relationship record
Life events
- Bikki urged Randver to take Svanhild, exposed this to Jormunrek, and the king had Randver hanged and Svanhild trampled.(Elder Edda · Gudrun's Incitement)
- Jormunrek had Randver hanged after Bikke told him Randver and Swanhild planned to marry.(Younger Edda · Poetical Diction · The Niflungs and Gjukungs · Part 3)
- With: Jormunrek
- “Soon afterward Bikke informed the king of it, and so King Jormunrek seized his son and had him brought to the gallows.”
Elder Edda · The Lay of Hyndla
- child: Radbard “but Radbard was Randver's father.”
Elder Edda · Gudrun's Incitement
- parent: Jormunrek “With him lived Bikki, who counselled Randver, the king's son, to take her.”
- enemies with Jormunrek “Bikki told that to the king, who caused Randver to be hanged, and Svanhild trodden under horses' feet.”
Younger Edda · Poetical Diction · The Niflungs and Gjukungs · Part 3
- parent: Jormunrek “He sent his son, Randver, to ask for her hand for him;”
- courtship with Svanhild “This plan pleased the two young people well.”
- enemies with Jormunrek “Soon afterward Bikke informed the king of it, and so King Jormunrek seized his son and had him brought to the gallows.”
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