Arngrim
Family: Swedes · Role: champion · First appears: Book Five · Part 24
In Book Five · Part 24, Arngrim, a champion of Sweden, challenged, attacked, and slew Skalk the Skanian for having robbed him of a vessel. He then sought to marry Frode (son of Fridleif the Swift)’s daughter Eyfura, but Frode refused; on the morrow at Permland, Arngrim challenged and slew Egther (king of Permland) in single combat, requiring the men of Permland to pay one skin each. After his deeds were praised, Frode agreed to take Arngrim as his son-in-law.
In Book Five · Part 25, Arngrim and Eyfura had twelve sons: Brand, Biarbe, Brodd (son of Arngrim), Hiarrande, Tand, Tyrfing, two Haddings, Hiortuar, Hiartuar (son of Arngrim), Hrane, and Anganty.
Relationship record
Life events
- Arngrim challenged, attacked, and slew Skalk for having robbed him of a vessel.(Book Five · Part 24)
- With: Skalk the Skanian
- “It chanced that in these days Arngrim, a champion of Sweden, who had challenged, attacked, and slain Skalk the Skanian because he had once robbed him of a vessel, came to Frode.”
- Arngrim sued for Frode's daughter, but Frode refused him.(Book Five · Part 24)
- With: Frode (son of Fridleif the Swift) Eyfura
- “Elated beyond measure with his deed, he ventured to sue for Frode's daughter; but, finding the king deaf to him, he asked Erik, who was ruling Sweden, to help him.”
- Arngrim challenged and slew Egther in single combat.(Book Five · Part 24 · 📍 Permland)
- With: Egther (king of Permland)
- “Then he challenged and slew in single combat Egther, the captain of the men of Permland, imposing on the men of Permland the condition that each of them should pay one skin.”
- After Erik praised Arngrim's deeds, Frode agreed to take him as his son-in-law.(Book Five · Part 24 · 📍 Denmark)
- With: Frode (son of Fridleif the Swift) Eyfura
- “Then Frode, considering his splendid deserts, thought it was not amiss to take for a son-in-law a man who had won wide-resounding fame by such a roll of noble deeds.”
- Arngrim and Eyfura had twelve sons, including the ten named here.(Book Five · Part 25)
Book Five · Part 24
- enemies with Skalk the Skanian “It chanced that in these days Arngrim, a champion of Sweden, who had challenged, attacked, and slain Skalk the Skanian because he had once robbed him of a vessel, came to Frode.”
- enemies with Egther (king of Permland) “Then he challenged and slew in single combat Egther, the captain of the men of Permland, imposing on the men of Permland the condition that each of them should pay one skin.”
- admired: Eyfura “Elated beyond measure with his deed, he ventured to sue for Frode's daughter; but, finding the king deaf to him, he asked Erik, who was ruling Sweden, to help him.”
- married with Eyfura “Then Frode, considering his splendid deserts, thought it was not amiss to take for a son-in-law a man who had won wide-resounding fame by such a roll of noble deeds.”
Book Five · Part 25
- child: Brand “Arngrim had twelve sons by Eyfura, whose names I here subjoin: Brand,”
- child: Biarbe “Arngrim had twelve sons by Eyfura, whose names I here subjoin: Brand, Biarbe,”
- child: Brodd (son of Arngrim) “Arngrim had twelve sons by Eyfura, whose names I here subjoin: Brand, Biarbe, Brodd,”
- child: Hiarrande “Arngrim had twelve sons by Eyfura, whose names I here subjoin: Brand, Biarbe, Brodd, Hiarrande;”
- child: Tand “Arngrim had twelve sons by Eyfura, whose names I here subjoin: Brand, Biarbe, Brodd, Hiarrande; Tand,”
- child: Tyrfing “Arngrim had twelve sons by Eyfura, whose names I here subjoin: Brand, Biarbe, Brodd, Hiarrande; Tand, Tyrfing,”
- child: Hiortuar “Arngrim had twelve sons by Eyfura, whose names I here subjoin: Brand, Biarbe, Brodd, Hiarrande; Tand, Tyrfing, two Haddings; Hiortuar,”
- child: Hiartuar (son of Arngrim) “Arngrim had twelve sons by Eyfura, whose names I here subjoin: Brand, Biarbe, Brodd, Hiarrande; Tand, Tyrfing, two Haddings; Hiortuar, Hiartuar,”
- child: Hrane “Arngrim had twelve sons by Eyfura, whose names I here subjoin: Brand, Biarbe, Brodd, Hiarrande; Tand, Tyrfing, two Haddings; Hiortuar, Hiartuar, Hrane,”
- child: Anganty “Arngrim had twelve sons by Eyfura, whose names I here subjoin: Brand, Biarbe, Brodd, Hiarrande; Tand, Tyrfing, two Haddings; Hiortuar, Hiartuar, Hrane, Anganty.”
⭐ Constellation map → · 📖 Read the original → · 🗂 Character index → · 🕰 Chronicle → · 📍 Places →
Extracted from the original text of The Danish History, Books I–IX. Made with Rho MD.