Hrothmar
Sigrlin’s suitor and the enemy who ravages Svavaland.
Overview
Hrothmar is Sigrlin’s suitor, but the prose frames his action as devastation: he kills Svafnir and plunders and burns the land. Helgi later treats that loss as an unavenged wrong and kills Hrothmar with his companions; the poem does not turn the dispute into a full political history.
Key facts
Rejected suit
The prose calls Hrothmar a suitor of Sigrlin.
Killed by Helgi
After Hjorvarth gives followers, the prose says Helgi kills Hrothmar.
Relationships
- Svafnirkills
The prose says Hrothmar kills Svafnir.
- Svavalandplunders and burns
The prose says Hrothmar plunders and burns Svavaland.
- Helgi Hjorvarthssonkills
Helgi goes out over the old wrong to his mother’s homeland, and the prose says he kills Hrothmar.
Story appearances
- The Lay of Helgi HjorvarthssonSource-scoped figure in this lay
Sigrlin’s suitor and the enemy who ravages Svavaland.
Ancient sources
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