Place
Svavaland
Svafnir’s land, which the prose says is plundered and burned.
Overview
Svavaland is Svafnir’s land in the prose and Sigrlin’s lost homeland. After Hrothmar kills Svafnir, the prose says it is plundered and burned; this record does not identify it with a modern geography.
Key facts
Plundered and burned
The prose after stanza 5 says Svavaland is plundered and burned.
Not modernly located
The witness names the land but provides no reliable basis for a modern geographic identification.
Relationships
- Hrothmarplunders and burns
The prose says Hrothmar plunders and burns Svavaland.
Story appearances
- The Lay of Helgi HjorvarthssonSource-scoped figure in this lay
Svafnir’s land, which the prose says is plundered and burned.
Ancient sources
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