Asmund (son of Swipdag)

Also known as: Asmund · Family: Swedes · Role: son of Swipdag · First appears: Book One · Part 7

In Book One · Part 7, Asmund, son of Swipdag, fought Hadding to avenge his father. When his son Henry fell fighting, Asmund longed for death. In Book One · Part 8, Hadding pierced Asmund with a spear; as he died, Asmund wounded Hadding’s foot. Asmund was buried with royal obsequies at Upsala. His wife Gunnhild took her own life after his death, and his son Uffe later carried his army into Denmark.

Relationship record

Life events

• Asmund fought Hadding to avenge his father.(Book One · Part 7)
  • With: Hadding
  • “Meanwhile Asmund, the son of Swipdag, fought with Hadding to avenge his father.”
• Henry fell fighting valiantly, prompting Asmund to long for death.(Book One · Part 7)
  • With: Henry (son of Asmund)
  • “And when he heard that Henry his son, his love for whom he set even before his own life, had fallen fighting valiantly, his soul longed for death”
• Hadding killed Asmund, who wounded Hadding’s foot as he died.(Book One · Part 8)
  • With: Hadding
  • “Hadding, flinging his spear by the thong, pierced him through. But Asmund lacked not comfort even for his death; for while his life flickered in the socket he wounded the foot of his slayer, and by this short instant of revenge he memorized his fall, punishing the other with an incurable limp.”
• Asmund was buried with royal obsequies.(Book One · Part 8 · 📍 Upsala)
  • “Asmund's body was buried in solemn state at Upsala and attended with royal obsequies.”

Book One · Part 7

• parent: Swipdag “Meanwhile Asmund, the son of Swipdag, fought with Hadding to avenge his father.”
• child: Henry (son of Asmund) “And when he heard that Henry his son, his love for whom he set even before his own life, had fallen fighting valiantly, his soul longed for death, and loathed the light of day, and made a song in a strain like this:”
• enemies with Hadding “Meanwhile Asmund, the son of Swipdag, fought with Hadding to avenge his father.”
• enemies with Wagnhofde “And when Asmund saw his crooked sword, he cried out, and broke into the following strain:”

Book One · Part 8

• enemies with Hadding “While he thus clamoured, Hadding, flinging his spear by the thong, pierced him through. But Asmund lacked not comfort even for his death; for while his life flickered in the socket he wounded the foot of his slayer, and by this short instant of revenge he memorized his fall, punishing the other with an incurable limp.”
• married with Gunnhild “His wife Gunnhild, loth to outlive him, cut off her own life with the sword, choosing rather to follow her lord in death than to forsake him by living.”
• child: Uffe (son of Asmund) “But Asmund's son, named Uffe, shrinking from a conflict, transported his army into Denmark, thinking it better to assail the house of his enemy than to guard his own, and deeming it a timely method of repelling his wrongs to retaliate upon his foe what he was suffering at his hands.”

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