Odd (grandson of Fridleif)
Also known as: Odd · Family: Danes · Role: recipient of the supremacy of the sea · First appears: Book Five · Part 1
In Book Five · Part 1, Frode (son of Fridleif the Swift) gave Odd the supremacy of the sea. In Book Five · Part 5, Odd defeated Hrafn’s force, slaying Hrafn and many of his men.
In Book Five · Part 6, Erik Shrewd-spoken’s spies learned that Odd planned a surprise attack and reported his preparations to Erik. In Book Five · Part 7, Erik sank Odd’s vessels by boring holes in their planks; Odd and all his crew were slain. In Book Five · Part 9, Erik revealed that he had killed Odd, whom he had meant by “spear-point.”
Relationship record
Life events
- Frode gave Odd supremacy of the sea.(Book Five · Part 1)
- With: Frode (son of Fridleif the Swift)
- “Frode had also given the supremacy of the sea to Odd;”
- Odd defeated Hrafn's force, and Hrafn and many of his men were slain.(Book Five · Part 5)
- With: Hrafn
- “So Hrafn and many of his men were slain, and only six vessels slipped back to Norway to teach the king that it was not so easy to crush the Danes.”
- Erik's spies learned Odd planned a surprise attack and reported his forces' preparations to Erik.(Book Five · Part 6)
- With: Erik Shrewd-spoken
- “The spies slipped off in the first sleep of the night, reported that Odd had filled all his vessels with pebbles, and also told everything else they had heard.”
- Erik sank Odd's vessels by boring holes in their planks, and Odd and his crew were slain.(Book Five · Part 7)
- With: Erik Shrewd-spoken
- “Thus was Odd slain with all his crew; the look-outs were captured, and it was found that no man escaped to tell the tale of the disaster.”
- Erik revealed that he had slain Odd.(Book Five · Part 9)
- With: Erik Shrewd-spoken
- “For under the name I gave before of `spear-point' I signified Odd, whom my hand had slain.”
Book Five · Part 1
- lord: Frode (son of Fridleif the Swift) “Frode had also given the supremacy of the sea to Odd; who was very closely related to the king.”
Book Five · Part 5
- enemies with Hrafn (Hrafn's raiding force is defeated after Odd encounters him.) “So Hrafn and many of his men were slain, and only six vessels slipped back to Norway to teach the king that it was not so easy to crush the Danes.”
Book Five · Part 7
- enemies with Erik Shrewd-spoken “Thus was Odd slain with all his crew; the look-outs were captured, and it was found that no man escaped to tell the tale of the disaster.”
Book Five · Part 9
- enemies with Erik Shrewd-spoken “For under the name I gave before of `spear-point' I signified Odd, whom my hand had slain.”
- elder kin: Fridleif the Swift “There a lance-head was shaken from the shaft of the king, and it was the grandson of Fridleif.”
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Extracted from the original text of The Danish History, Books I–IX. Made with Rho MD.