Frowin (legendary figure)

Frowin , also Freawine or Frowinus, is a ruler of Schleswig who is mentioned in the Gesta Danorum and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle . Frowin is said to be an ancestor of the Kings of Wessex . Later sources describe him only as the son of Frithugar and father of Wig .

In the Gesta Danorum , Frowin is portrayed as Offa's father-in-law , whose father Wermund liked Frowin, as well as Ket and Wig.

Frowin was challenged by the Swedish king Athisl and killed in a duel. He was later avenged in a duel by his sons Ket and Wig. Ket and Wig fought in twos against Athisl, which was viewed as a national disgrace. Only her brother-in-law Offa was able to ward off this shame by killing two Saxons on his own. This fact is referred to in the Widsith as a duel against Myrgings.

Web links

JA Giles, J. Ingram: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. in Project Gutenberg
English translation of Book 4 of the Gesta Danorum.

Individual evidence

^ Peter Friedrich von Suhm: History of the Danes. Volume 1, 2, Heinrich Gräff, Leipzig 1804, pp. 383 and 419 ( books.google.de ).
↑ Erich Pontoppidanus : From the fates of the Danish language. In: Hamburg magazine or collected publications on teaching and enjoyment from nature research and the pleasant sciences in general. Volume 13.1, 1754, pp. 451-492, here p. 475 ( books.google.de ).

[1] Peter Friedrich von Suhm: History of the Danes. Volume 1, 2, Heinrich Gräff, Leipzig 1804, pp. 383 and 419 ( books.google.de ).

[2] Erich Pontoppidanus : From the fates of the Danish language. In: Hamburg magazine or collected publications on teaching and enjoyment from nature research and the pleasant sciences in general. Volume 13.1, 1754, pp. 451-492, here p. 475 ( books.google.de ).