Hildigisl

Family: Saxons · Role: noble · First appears: Book Seven · Part 9

Life events

Hildigisl sought Signe in marriage, but she scorned him.(Book Seven · Part 9)
- With: Signe (daughter of Sigar)
- “About the same time Hildigisl, a Teuton Of noble birth, relying on his looks and his rank, sued for Signe, the daughter of Sigar. But she scorned him, chiefly for his insignificance”
Signe praised Hakon over Hildigisl, and bystanders understood her praise to refer to Hagbard.(Book Seven · Part 9)
- With: Signe (daughter of Sigar) Hagbard Hakon (son of Hamund)
- “Afterwards, when the waiting-women happened to be comparing the honourable deeds of the nobles, she preferred Hakon to Hildigisl, declaring that the latter had nothing to praise but his looks, while in the case of the other a wrinkled visage was outweighed by a choice spirit. Not content with this plain kind of praise, she is said to have sung as follows:”
Hildigisl bribed Bolwis to turn the sons of Sigar and Hamund against each other.(Book Seven · Part 9)
- With: Bolwis
- “And Hildigisl, vexed that she preferred Hagbard to himself, bribed a certain blind man, Bolwis, to bring the sons of Sigar and the sons of Hamund to turn their friendship into hatred.”

admired: Signe (daughter of Sigar) “Hildigisl, a Teuton Of noble birth, relying on his looks and his rank, sued for Signe, the daughter of Sigar.”
rivals with Hagbard “And Hildigisl, vexed that she preferred Hagbard to himself, bribed a certain blind man, Bolwis, to bring the sons of Sigar and the sons of Hamund to turn their friendship into hatred.”
recipient: Bolwis (Hildigisl bribed Bolwis.) “And Hildigisl, vexed that she preferred Hagbard to himself, bribed a certain blind man, Bolwis, to bring the sons of Sigar and the sons of Hamund to turn their friendship into hatred.”

enemies with Hagbard “Hagbard then came up with fresh forces to avenge his brothers, and destroyed them in battle. Hildigisl slunk off with a spear through both buttocks, which was the occasion for a jeer at the Teutons, since the ugliness of the blow did not fail to brand it with disgrace.”

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