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GRIMSSON Arngrim |
| Birth |
Abt 0450 |
Scandinavia, Europe  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Notes |
- According to two versions of Hervor's Saga, Arngrim the Berserker was half Jotun, and a giant of a man. He was the son of Grim, son of Hergrim Half-troll, and of Bauggerðar, daughter of Starkað Áludreng. He lived on the island Bolm in Hålogaland.
In these two versions of the saga, he raided the lands of king Svafrlami in Sweden, and took the king's enchanted sword Tyrfing and killed him and several others with it, and took the king's daughter Eyfuru with him back to Bolm and married her.
In one version of the saga, Eyfura's father is Sigrlami, and Arngrim was given both Tyrfing and Eyfura as rewards for serving as his war chief. In this version, Bolm is in Småland in Sweden.
Arngrim and Eyfura had twelve sons who all were berserkers; the greatest of them was Angantyr. All twelve sons were killed and buried on Samsø after challenging Hjalmar and Orvar-Odd.
Research Notes
Hervor's Saga was compiled in the 1200s and shows the occasional element of probable Christianity, such as Christmas eve and pouring water over an infant to name and claim it.
The versions differ slightly in the naming of the sons.
In Ættartolur, Arngrim was the fourth son of Dag Halfdansson and Thora Drengemoder. His wife was Eyfura, and they had twelve sons.
In Gesta Danorum, Arngrim was a Swedish champion who defeated the king of Finnmark and the king of Bjarmaland in order to win Eyfura's hand. Eyfura is here a daughter of Danish king Frodi. They still have twelve sons, with similar names.
In the Lay of Hyndla, Arngrim and Eyfura live on Bolmsø and have twelve sons. The sons have similar names as in the Saga and in Gesta Danorum, and the name list in the Lay appears to be the oldest version.
Sources
https://heimskringla.no/wiki/Hervarar_saga_ok_Hei%C3%B0reks accessed 1 May 2024
https://heimskringla.no/wiki/Sverdet_Tyrfing accessed 1 May 2024
https://heimskringla.no/wiki/%C3%86ttart%C3%B6lur_(Flateyjarb%C3%B3k_SN) accessed 5 May 2024
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arngrim accessed 1 May 2024
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svafrlami accessed 1 May 2024
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