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133:(p. 419). If the Old English legendary characters have been influenced by these historical characters, this would set the late 8th century as a 189: 194: 199: 171:
Die alemannischen Fürsten Nebi und Berthold und ihre Beziehungen zu den Klöstern St. Gallen und Reichenau
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The father-son pair Hoc and Hnæf has been associated with the historical
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and was killed during a Danish expedition to Frisian territory.
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and reigned there for ten years before he was cast out by king
173:, Blätter für deutsche Landesgeschichte (1976), pp. 30-40. 65:
According to the narrative, Hnæf was the brother of
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Index

Old English
Beowulf
Finnsburg Fragment
listing of tribes
Widsith
Danish
Hildeburh
Finn
Frisians
Haki
Ynglinga Saga
Snorri Sturlason
Uppsala
Jorund
Alamannic
Nibelung
Huoching
Hnabi
Ahalolfings
John Mitchell Kemble
terminus post quem
Germanic Heroic Age
Categories
Legendary Danish people
English heroic legends
Characters in Beowulf

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