Mortal
Vilmund
Borgny’s lover; the poem says they were secretly together for five years and had a son and daughter.
Overview
Vilmund appears only in opening prose and the servant’s reply as Borgny’s lover. The poem links his name to their secrecy, Borgny’s labour, and the newborn children, but gives him no later action or full identity.
Key facts
Five years of secrecy
Stanza 5 says Vilmund kept Borgny warm in bed for five winters without her father’s knowledge.
The newborn children
Stanza 7 calls the children those of Hogni’s slayer; the note takes Vilmund as the reference.
Relationships
Story appearances
- The Lament of Oddrun: The Journey and the Failed RescueFigure in the Lament of Oddrun
Borgny’s lover; the poem says they were secretly together for five years and had a son and daughter.
Ancient sources
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