Skjöldr
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Skjöldr (Old Norse Skjǫldr, Icelandic Skjöldur, sometimes Anglicized as Skjold or Skiold, Latinized as Skioldus; Old English Scyld, Proto-Germanic *Skelduz ‘shield’) was among the first legendary Danish kings. He is mentioned in the Prose Edda, in Ynglinga saga, in Chronicon Lethrense, in Sven Aggesen's history, in Arngrímur Jónsson's Latin abstract of the lost Skjöldunga saga and in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum. He also appears in the Old English poem Beowulf. The various accounts have little in common.
Key facts
- Royalty.succession
- King of the Danes
- Royalty.predecessor
- Odin
- Royalty.successor
- Gram
- Royalty.spouse
- Alfhild
- Royalty.spouse type
- Consort
- Royalty.issue
- Gram
- Royalty.house
- Scylding
- Royalty.father
- Odin
- Royalty.religion
- Germanic paganism
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Primary sources
- Beowulf
- Scandinavian
- Legendary sagas
- Gesta Danorum
- Sven Aggesen's history
- ''Beowulf'' and Tolkien's legendarium
- References
- Further reading
Skjöldr (Old Norse Skjǫldr, Icelandic Skjöldur, sometimes Anglicized as Skjold or Skiold, Latinized as Skioldus; Old English Scyld, Proto-Germanic *Skelduz ‘shield’) was among the first legendary Danish kings. He is mentioned in the Prose Edda, in Ynglinga saga, in Chronicon Lethrense, in Sven Aggesen's history, in Arngrímur Jónsson's Latin abstract of the lost Skjöldunga saga and in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum. He also appears in the Old English poem Beowulf. The various accounts have little in common.
==Primary sources==
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