Sigrlinn

Role: daughter of Svafnir · First appears: Elder Edda · The Lay of Helgi Hiorvard's Son · Part 1

Life events

Svafnir refused Hiorvard’s request for Sigrlinn’s hand, and Atli returned home.(Elder Edda · The Lay of Helgi Hiorvard's Son · Part 1)
- With: Hiorvard Atli (son of Idmund)
- “This jarl advised that the maiden should be refused, and Atli returned home.”
Atli killed Franmar in eagle form and brought Sigrlinn and Alof away from the house.(Elder Edda · The Lay of Helgi Hiorvard's Son · Part 1 · 📍 Svavaland)
- With: Hiorvard Atli (son of Idmund) Alof Franmar
- “Atli shot the bird dead with an arrow. In the house he found the king's daughter Sigrlinn, and Alof daughter of Franmar, and brought them both away with him. The jarl Franmar had taken the form of an eagle”
Hiorvard married Sigrlinn, and Atli married Alof.(Elder Edda · The Lay of Helgi Hiorvard's Son · Part 1)
- With: Hiorvard Atli (son of Idmund) Alof
- “Hiorvard obtained Sigrlinn, and Atli Alof.”
Hiorvard and Sigrlinn had a son.(Elder Edda · The Lay of Helgi Hiorvard's Son · Part 1)
- With: Hiorvard Helgi Hiorvard's son
- “Hiorvard and Sigrlinn had a son tall and comely”

parent: Svafnir “King Svafnir had a daughter of incomparable beauty, named Sigrlinn.”
guardian: Franmar “There was a jarl there named Franmar, who was the foster-father of Sigrlinn, and had a daughter named Alof.”
admirer: Hrodmar “There was a king named Hrodmar, a wooer of Sigrlinn: he had slain the king of Svavaland, and ravaged and burnt the country.”
married with Hiorvard (The passage indicates that Hiorvard took Sigrlinn as his wife.) “Hiorvard obtained Sigrlinn, and Atli Alof.”
child: Helgi Hiorvard's son (The son is identified as Helgi later in the passage.) “Hiorvard and Sigrlinn had a son tall and comely: he was taciturn and had no fixed name.”

Extracted from the original text of The Eddas. Made with Rho MD.