Gurid

Family: Danes · Role: daughter of Alf · First appears: Book Seven · Part 8

In Book Seven · Part 8, Alf begot Gurid on Alfhild. By Book Seven · Part 13, Gurid was the sole remaining member of the royal line among the Danes, and in Part 14 she vowed chastity rather than marry a man of the commons. In Part 16, Siwar secured her betrothal by bribing her guardians, but on the first day of the wedding Halfdan killed the bridegroom and massacred most of the guests; afterward, he took Gurid to wife.

Halfdan and Gurid had a son, Harald, whom Halfdan named. When Harald’s companions fled in a fight, Gurid carried him to a neighbouring wood, but an enemy shot him with an arrow as he hung from her shoulders.

Relationship record

Life events

• Alf begot a daughter, Gurid, on Alfhild.(Book Seven · Part 8)
  • With: Alf (son of Sigar) Alfhild (daughter of Siward)
  • “and afterwards begot on her a daughter, Gurid.”
• Gurid became the sole remaining member of the royal line among the Danes.(Book Seven · Part 13)
  • “All these perilous wars and fortunes had so exhausted the royal line among the Danes, that it was found to be reduced to GURID alone, the daughter of Alf, and granddaughter of Sigar.”
• Gurid vowed chastity rather than marry someone of the commons.(Book Seven · Part 14)
  • “proclaimed a vow imposing chastity on herself, thinking it better to have no husband than to take one from the commons.”
• After bribing the guardians, Siwar secured Gurid in betrothal.(Book Seven · Part 16)
  • With: Siwar
  • “but as he bribed all the guardians, she was at last granted to him in betrothal.”
• Halfdan killed Gurid’s bridegroom and massacred most of the guests.(Book Seven · Part 16)
  • With: Halfdan (son of Borgar)
  • “Before the maiden had finished her answer, Halfdan had already run his sword through the bridegroom. Not content with having killed one man, he massacred most of the guests.”
• Halfdan took Gurid to wife.(Book Seven · Part 16)
  • With: Halfdan (son of Borgar)
  • “After this HALFDAN took Gurid to wife.”
• Halfdan and Gurid had a son, whom Halfdan named Harald.(Book Seven · Part 16)
  • With: Halfdan (son of Borgar)
  • “For he had a son by Gurid, to whom he gave the name of Harald.”
• Gurid carried Harald to a neighbouring wood to escape the enemy, but an arrow wounded him.(Book Seven · Part 16)
  • With: Harald Hyldetand
  • “She saw the event; the young man fought hotly, but his companions fled; and she took him on her shoulders to a neighbouring wood. Weariness, more than anything else, kept the enemy from pursuing him; but one of them shot him as he hung, with an arrow, through the hinder parts”

Book Seven · Part 8

• parent: Alf (son of Sigar) “So Alf rejoiced that the woman whom he had sought over land and sea in the face of so many dangers was now beyond all expectation in his power; whereupon he took hold of her eagerly, and made her change her man's apparel for a woman's; and afterwards begot on her a daughter, Gurid.”
• parent: Alfhild (daughter of Siward) “So Alf rejoiced that the woman whom he had sought over land and sea in the face of so many dangers was now beyond all expectation in his power; whereupon he took hold of her eagerly, and made her change her man's apparel for a woman's; and afterwards begot on her a daughter, Gurid.”

Book Seven · Part 13

• parent: Alf (son of Sigar) “GURID alone, the daughter of Alf, and granddaughter of Sigar.”
• elder kin: Sigar “GURID alone, the daughter of Alf, and granddaughter of Sigar.”

Book Seven · Part 14

• parent: Alf (son of Sigar) “Meanwhile Gurid, the daughter of Alf, seeing that the royal line was reduced to herself alone, and having no equal in birth whom she could marry, proclaimed a vow imposing chastity on herself, thinking it better to have no husband than to take one from the commons.”
• admirer: Halfdan (son of Borgar) “So he bade her look on himself, who was of eminently illustrious birth, in the light of a husband, since it appeared that she would only admit pleasure for the reason he had named.”

Book Seven · Part 15

• admirer: Halfdan (son of Borgar) “Halfdan entreated her to suffer no man to be privy to her bed until she heard certain tidings either of his return or his death.”

Book Seven · Part 16

• admirer: Siwar “Siwar, a Saxon of very high birth, began to be a suitor for Gurid, the only survivor of the royal blood among the Danes.”
• married with Halfdan (son of Borgar) “After this HALFDAN took Gurid to wife.”
• child: Harald Hyldetand “For he had a son by Gurid, to whom he gave the name of Harald.”
• engaged with Siwar “but as he bribed all the guardians, she was at last granted to him in betrothal.”
• recipient: Harald Hyldetand “She saw the event; the young man fought hotly, but his companions fled; and she took him on her shoulders to a neighbouring wood.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Danish History, Books I–IX. Made with Rho MD.