East Danes
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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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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