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Hlöðskviða
Hlǫðskviða is sometimes counted among the Eddic poems. It has been preserved as separate stanzas, interspersed among the text in Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks, but it is generally agreed that it was originally a poetic whole.
Heiðrekr, king of the Goths, had two sons, Angantýr and Hlǫðr. Only Angantýr was legitimate, so he inherited his father's kingdom. Hlǫðr claimed half the inheritance, Angantýr refused to split evenly and war ensued, claiming first Hervǫr, their sister, then Hlǫðr himself as casualties. The poem ends with Angantýr finding his brother dead:
- Bǫlvat es okkr, bróðir,
- bani em ek þinn orðinn;
- þat mun enn uppi;
- illr es dómr norna.
"We are cursed, brother, I am become your slayer; it is yet again true; cruel is the judgment of the Norns (Fates)."
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