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Ket and Wig

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17: 78:, and killed. King Wermund, who liked their father, subsequently raised Ket and Wig as his own. They later avenged their father, but they fought against Athisl two against one, a national disgrace that was redeemed by their brother-in-law, King Wermund's son 67:
and their kings, but this is thought to be a late manipulation, inserting these heroes into a pedigree borrowed from a rival royal house, in which the
56: 16: 155: 75: 47: 82:, when he killed two Saxons at the same time, in "single combat". This event is referred to in 149: 79: 33: 134: 107: 42: 74:
Their father Frowin/Freawine was challenged to combat by the Swedish king
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Ket and Wig talk with their father's slayer, illustration by Louis Moe
64: 60: 38: 15: 139:at the Medieval and Classical Literature Library 112:at the Medieval and Classical Literature Library 71:eponym Bernic was replaced by the Wessex Gewis. 125:, The Winchester Manuscript, under year 552 AD. 8: 100: 7: 14: 1: 63:ancestor of the kingdom of 172: 45:. Wig also appears in the 55:(Frowin) and father of 21: 123:Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 48:Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 19: 88:as a duel against 41:, the governor of 22: 163: 156:Anglish warriors 141: 132: 126: 120: 114: 105: 171: 170: 166: 165: 164: 162: 161: 160: 146: 145: 144: 133: 129: 121: 117: 106: 102: 98: 37:as the sons of 12: 11: 5: 169: 167: 159: 158: 148: 147: 143: 142: 127: 115: 99: 97: 94: 51:as the son of 31:appear in the 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 168: 157: 154: 153: 151: 140: 138: 137:Gesta Danorum 135:Book Four of 131: 128: 124: 119: 116: 113: 111: 110:Gesta Danorum 108:Book Four of 104: 101: 95: 93: 91: 87: 86: 81: 77: 72: 70: 66: 62: 58: 54: 50: 49: 44: 40: 36: 35: 34:Gesta Danorum 30: 26: 18: 136: 130: 122: 118: 109: 103: 83: 73: 46: 32: 28: 24: 23: 96:References 69:Bernician 61:eponymous 43:Schleswig 150:Category 90:Myrgings 53:Freawine 85:Widsith 76:Athisl 65:Wessex 39:Frowin 57:Gewis 80:Offa 27:and 29:Wig 25:Ket 152:: 92:. 59:,

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Gesta Danorum
Frowin
Schleswig
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Freawine
Gewis
eponymous
Wessex
Bernician
Athisl
Offa
Widsith
Myrgings
Book Four of Gesta Danorum at the Medieval and Classical Literature Library
Book Four of Gesta Danorum at the Medieval and Classical Literature Library
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Anglish warriors

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