Guineman

Family: Franks · Role: leader · First appears: Laisses CCXVII–CCXXII

In Laisses CCXVII–CCXXII, Charles orders Guineman and Rabel to take the places of Oliver and Rollant, assigning one the sword and the other the olifant. In Laisses CCXLI–CCXLVI, Guineman strikes Leutice through the body and kills him. In Laisses CCXLVII–CCLII, Baligant, the admiral, kills Guineman, Gebuin, Lorain and Richard.

Relationship record

Life events

• Charles orders Rabel and Guineman to take their places and assigns Olivier and Rollant the sword and olifant.(Laisses CCXVII–CCXXII)
  • With: Charles Rabel Oliver Rollant
  • “Charles hath called Rabel and Guineman; Thus said the King: “My lords, you I command To take their place, Olivier and Rollant, One bear the sword and the other the olifant;”
• Guineman strikes Leutice through the body, and Leutice dies.(Laisses CCXLI–CCXLVI)
  • With: Leutice
  • “And Guineman tilts with the king Leutice; Has broken all the flowers on his shield, Next of his sark he has undone the seam, All his ensign thrust through the carcass clean, So flings him dead, let any laugh or weep.”
• Baligant, the admiral, kills Guineman, Gebuin, Lorain, and Richard.(Laisses CCXLVII–CCLII)
  • With: Baligant Gebuin Lorain Richard
  • “So flung him dead, while still his charger ran. After, he slew Gebuin and Lorain, Richard the old, the lord of those Normans.”

Laisses CCXVII–CCXXII

• lord: Charles “Charles hath called Rabel and Guineman; Thus said the King: “My lords, you I command To take their place, Olivier and Rollant,”

Laisses CCXLI–CCXLVI

• enemies with Leutice “And Guineman tilts with the king Leutice; Has broken all the flowers on his shield, Next of his sark he has undone the seam, All his ensign thrust through the carcass clean, So flings him dead, let any laugh or weep.”

Laisses CCXLVII–CCLII

• enemies with Baligant “Then through the field cantered that admiral, Going to strike the county Guineman;”

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