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Hlöðskviða

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Also known as Hlödskvida, The Battle of the Goths and the Huns

thumb|Gizur challenging the Huns according to the Hlöðskviða (Hunnenschlachtlied) [[File:Chernyakhov.PNG|right|upright=1.35|thumb|

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Author
Marina Mundt
First published
1997
Editions
1

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Instance of
literary work
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characters
Hlöd
form of creative work
poem

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7 sections
Contents
  • Texts, historicity, and analysis
  • Text
  • Extracts
  • See also
  • References
  • Sources
  • External links

thumb|Gizur challenging the Huns according to the Hlöðskviða (Hunnenschlachtlied) right|upright=1.35|thumb|

Hlöðskviða (also Hlǫðskviða and Hlǫðsqviða), known in English as The Battle of the Goths and Huns and occasionally known by its German name Hunnenschlachtlied, is an heroic poem in Old Norse found in Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks.

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