Randver

Overview

Randver appears only in opening prose. The royal order killing him is joined to Svanhild’s death, but it does not prove the relationship Bikki is implied to suggest.

Relationships

• Bikkicounsels the match

  counsels the match

• Jormunrekhas Randver hanged

  has Randver hanged

Story appearances

• Guthrun’s Inciting: A Daughter’s Death and Final LamentFigure in Guthrunarhvot

  Jormunrek’s son; opening prose says he is hanged after Bikki’s report.

Ancient sources

MythWeave distinguishes ancient-source evidence from later adaptations and modern interpretation.

• Anonymous; translated by Henry Adams Bellows, The Poetic Edda: Guthrunarhvot, Introduction, opening prose, and stanzas 1–22: Svanhild’s death, incitement to revenge, and Guthrun’s lament.