Horwendil

First appears: Book Three · Part 11

In Book Three · Part 11, Horwendil and his brother Feng were appointed by Rorik Slyngebond to defend Jutland in place of their father, Gerwendil. After Horwendil slew Koller in a duel and buried him with a lordly funeral, he pursued and slew Koller’s sister Sela. Having passed three years in deeds of war, he gave Rorik the best trophies and pick of the plunder, and married Rorik’s daughter Gerutha, who bore him a son, Amleth.

In Book Three · Part 12, Feng murdered Horwendil. In Book Four · Part 1, Amleth reminded the Jutes that they had seen Horwendil’s mangled limbs; Book Four · Part 3 depicts his slaying and Feng’s fratricide.

Relationship record

Life events

• Rorik appointed Horwendil and Feng to defend Jutland in place of their father.(Book Three · Part 11 · 📍 Jutland)
  • With: Feng Rorik Slyngebond
  • “At this time Horwendil and Feng, whose father Gerwendil had been governor of the Jutes, were appointed in his place by Rorik to defend Jutland.”
• Horwendil slew Koller in a duel and buried him with a lordly funeral.(Book Three · Part 11)
  • With: Koller
  • “For by his rain of blows he destroyed Koller's shield and deprived him of it, and at last hewed off his foot and drove him lifeless to the ground. Then, not to fail of his compact, he buried him royally, gave him a howe of lordly make and pompous obsequies.”
• Horwendil pursued and slew Sela.(Book Three · Part 11)
  • With: Sela
  • “Then he pursued and slew Koller's sister Sela, who was a skilled warrior and experienced in roving.”
• Horwendil gave Rorik the best trophies and pick of the plunder.(Book Three · Part 11)
  • With: Rorik Slyngebond
  • “He had now passed three years in valiant deeds of war; and, in order to win higher rank in Rorik's favour, he assigned to him the best trophies and the pick of the plunder.”
• Horwendil married Rorik's daughter Gerutha.(Book Three · Part 11)
  • With: Gerutha
  • “His friendship with Rorik enabled him to woo and will in marriage his daughter Gerutha,”
• Gerutha bore Horwendil a son, Amleth.(Book Three · Part 11)
  • With: Gerutha Amleth
  • “his daughter Gerutha, who bore him a son Amleth.”
• Feng murdered his brother Horwendil.(Book Three · Part 12)
  • With: Feng
  • “when a chance came to murder him, his bloody hand sated the deadly passion of his soul.”
• Amleth reminds the Jutes that they have seen the mangled limbs of Horwendil, whom Feng murdered.(Book Four · Part 1)
  • With: Amleth Feng
  • “With your own compassionating eyes ye have beheld the mangled limbs of Horwendil; they have seen his body done to death with many wounds.”

Book Three · Part 11

• parent: Gerwendil “At this time Horwendil and Feng, whose father Gerwendil had been governor of the Jutes, were appointed in his place by Rorik to defend Jutland.”
• siblings with Feng “At this time Horwendil and Feng, whose father Gerwendil had been governor of the Jutes, were appointed in his place by Rorik to defend Jutland.”
• lord: Rorik Slyngebond “At this time Horwendil and Feng, whose father Gerwendil had been governor of the Jutes, were appointed in his place by Rorik to defend Jutland.”
• enemies with Koller “After mutually pledging their faiths to these terms, they began the battle.”
• enemies with Sela “Then he pursued and slew Koller's sister Sela, who was a skilled warrior and experienced in roving.”
• married with Gerutha “His friendship with Rorik enabled him to woo and will in marriage his daughter Gerutha, who bore him a son Amleth.”
• child: Amleth “His friendship with Rorik enabled him to woo and will in marriage his daughter Gerutha, who bore him a son Amleth.”
• rivals with Koller “Then Koller, King of Norway, in rivalry of his great deeds and renown, deemed it would be a handsome deed if by his greater strength in arms he could bedim the far-famed glory of the rover;”
• friends with Rorik Slyngebond “His friendship with Rorik enabled him to woo and will in marriage his daughter Gerutha, who bore him a son Amleth.”
• recipient: Rorik Slyngebond “He had now passed three years in valiant deeds of war; and, in order to win higher rank in Rorik's favour, he assigned to him the best trophies and the pick of the plunder.”

Book Four · Part 1

• siblings with Feng (Feng is identified as the fratricide earlier in the chapter.) “by a most infamous fratricide-brother”

Book Four · Part 3

• enemies with Feng “Here were to be seen depicted the slaying of Horwendil; the fratricide and incest of Feng; the infamous uncle, the whimsical nephew;”

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