East Danes

East Dane is an Anglo-Saxon ethnonym which was used in the epic Beowulf.[1]

It was also used in an Anglo-Saxon runic poem describing the first appearance of the god Frey (called Ing, see Yngvi):[2][3]

Ing wæs ærest mid Eástdenum
gesewen secgum, oð he síððan eást
ofer wæg gewát. wæn æfter ran.
þus Heardingas þone hæle nemdon.
Ing was first amidst the East Danes
so seen, until he went eastward
over the sea. His wagon ran after.
Thus the Heardings named that hero.

References

  1. ^ Proskurin, Sergei G.; Proskurina, Anna V. (April 2021). "Ethnogonic Texts in the Indo-European Tradition". Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences: 504–512. doi:10.17516/1997-1370-0737.
  2. ^ Andrews, A. Leroy (1915). "Helgi Haddingjaskati and His Place in the Old Norse Hero-Legend". Publications of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study. 2 (2): 63–78. ISSN 1544-2071. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  3. ^ Hostetter, Carl F.; Smith, Arden R. (1995). "A Mythology for England". Mallorn: The Journal of the Tolkien Society (33): 281–290. ISSN 0308-6674. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
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