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Gudrød the Hunter, the Glossary

Gudrød the Hunter (Old Norse: Guðrøðr veiðikonungr, Norwegian: Gudrød Veidekonge, literally Gudrod Hunter-king; died 820 AD), also known as Gudrød the Magnificent (Old Norse: enn gǫfugláti, Norwegian: den gjeve), is a legendary character portrayed in the Norse sagas as a Norwegian petty king in the early 9th century.^[1]

27 relations: Agder, Álfheimr, Åsa Haraldsdottir of Agder, Bohuslän, Eystein Halfdansson, Great Norwegian Encyclopedia, Grenland, Halfdan Hvitbeinn, Halfdan the Black, Halfdan the Mild, Harald Fairhair, Harald Granraude, Heimskringla, Norsk biografisk leksikon, Norway, Olaf Geirstad-Alf, Old Norse, Petty kingdoms of Norway, Romerike, Saga, Skald, Snorri Sturluson, Uppland, Vestfold, Vingulmark, Yngling, Ynglingatal.
Norwegian petty kings

Agder

Agder is a county and traditional region in the southern part of Norway and is coextensive with the Southern Norway region.

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Álfheimr

In Norse cosmology, Álfheimr (Old Norse:, "Land of the Elves" or "Elfland"; anglicized as Alfheim), also called "Ljósálfheimr" (Ljósálfheimr, "home of the Light Elves"), is home of the Light Elves.

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Åsa Haraldsdottir of Agder

Åsa Haraldsdottir of Agder (died ?) was a semi-legendary Norwegian Viking Age queen regnant of the petty kingdom of Agder.

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Bohuslän

Bohuslän is a Swedish province in Götaland, on the northernmost part of the country's west coast.

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Eystein Halfdansson

King Eystein is knocked off his ship. Illustration by Gerhard Munthe (1899) Eystein Halfdansson (Old Norse: Eysteinn Hálfdansson) was the son of Halfdan Hvitbeinn of the House of Yngling according to Norse tradition. Gudrød the Hunter and Eystein Halfdansson are Norwegian petty kings.

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Great Norwegian Encyclopedia

The Great Norwegian Encyclopedia (Store Norske Leksikon, abbreviated SNL) is a Norwegian-language online encyclopedia.

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Grenland

Grenland is a traditional district in Telemark county, in the south-east of Norway.

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Halfdan Hvitbeinn

Halfdan Whiteshanks (Old Norse: Hálfdan hvítbeinn) was a semi-historical petty king in Norway, described in the Ynglinga saga. Gudrød the Hunter and Halfdan Hvitbeinn are Norwegian petty kings.

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Halfdan the Black

Halfdan the Black (Old Norse: Halfdanr Svarti) was a king of Vestfold. Gudrød the Hunter and Halfdan the Black are Norwegian petty kings.

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Halfdan the Mild

Halfdan the Mild (Old Norse: Hálfdan hinn mildi ok hinn matarilli, (meaning the generous and stingy on food)) was the son of king Eystein Halfdansson, of the House of Yngling and he succeeded his father as king, according to Heimskringla. Gudrød the Hunter and Halfdan the Mild are Norwegian petty kings.

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Harald Fairhair

Harald Fairhair (Old Norse: Haraldr Hárfagri) (–) was a Norwegian king. Gudrød the Hunter and Harald Fairhair are People whose existence is disputed.

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Harald Granraude

Harald Granraude (Haraldr hinn granrauði) was a semi-legendary Norwegian petty king of Agder who lived in the 9th century. Gudrød the Hunter and Harald Granraude are Norwegian petty kings.

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Heimskringla

() is the best known of the Old Norse kings' sagas.

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Norsk biografisk leksikon

Norsk biografisk leksikon is the largest Norwegian biographical encyclopedia.

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Norway

Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.

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Olaf Geirstad-Alf

Olaf Gudrødsson (c. 810 – c. 860), known after his death as Olaf Geirstad-Alf "Olaf, Elf of Geirstad" (Old Norse Ólafr Geirstaðaalfr), was a semi-legendary petty king in Norway. Gudrød the Hunter and Olaf Geirstad-Alf are Norwegian petty kings.

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Old Norse

Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages.

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Petty kingdoms of Norway

The petty kingdoms of Norway (smårike) were the entities from which the later Kingdom of Norway was founded.

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Romerike

Romerike is a traditional district located north-east of Oslo, in what is today south-eastern Norway.

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Saga

Sagas are prose stories and histories, composed in Iceland and to a lesser extent elsewhere in Scandinavia.

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Skald

A skald, or skáld (Old Norse:, later;, meaning "poet") is one of the often named poets who composed skaldic poetry, one of the two kinds of Old Norse poetry in alliterative verse, the other being Eddic poetry.

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Snorri Sturluson

Snorri Sturluson (Old Norse:;; 1179 – 22 September 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet, and politician.

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Uppland

Uppland is a historical province or on the eastern coast of Sweden, just north of Stockholm, the capital.

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Vestfold

Vestfold is a county and a current electoral district in Eastern Norway.

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Vingulmark

Vingulmark (Old Norse Vingulmǫrk) is the old name for the area in Norway which today makes up the counties of Østfold, western parts of Akershus (excluding Romerike), and eastern parts of Buskerud (Hurum and Røyken municipalities), and includes the site of Norway's capital, Oslo.

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Yngling

The Ynglings were a dynasty of kings, first in Sweden and later in Norway, primarily attested through the poem Ynglingatal.

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Ynglingatal

Ynglingatal or Ynglinga tal (Old Norse: 'Enumeration of the Ynglingar') is a Skaldic poem cited by Snorri Sturluson in the Ynglinga saga, the first saga of Snorri's Heimskringla.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gudrød_the_Hunter

Also known as Gudroed the Hunter, Gudrød Sigfredsson, Gudrød Sigfredsson Veidekonge, Guðrǫðr the Hunter, Guðrǫðr veiðikonungr.