The Eddas

Hrodmar

Role: king and wooer of Sigrlinn · First appears: Elder Edda · The Lay of Helgi Hiorvard's Son · Part 1

Life events

  • Hrodmar slew Svafnir and ravaged and burned his country.(Elder Edda · The Lay of Helgi Hiorvard's Son · Part 1 · 📍 Svavaland)
    • With: Svafnir
    • “he had slain the king of Svavaland, and ravaged and burnt the country.”
  • Helgi and Atli slew Hrodmar.(Elder Edda · The Lay of Helgi Hiorvard's Son · Part 1)

Elder Edda · The Lay of Helgi Hiorvard's Son · Part 1

  • admired: Sigrlinn “There was a king named Hrodmar, a wooer of Sigrlinn: he had slain the king of Svavaland, and ravaged and burnt the country.”
  • enemies with Helgi Hiorvard's son “Afterwards he and Atli went and slew Hrodmar,”
  • enemies with Svafnir “There was a king named Hrodmar, a wooer of Sigrlinn: he had slain the king of Svavaland, and ravaged and burnt the country.”
  • enemies with Atli (son of Idmund) “Afterwards he and Atli went and slew Hrodmar, and performed many deeds of valour.”

Elder Edda · The Lay of Helgi Hiorvard's Son · Part 2

  • child: Alf (son of Hrodmar) “There was a king named Alf, a son of Hrodmar, who had appointed a place of combat with Helgi in Sigar's plain within three days.”

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