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| Chronicle Parker ms | Asser | Textus Roffensis I | Ethelwerd | Chronicle MSS Cott. Tib. A. VI [& B. I] |
| Woden Fribowalding | Uuoden | Woden | Uuothen | Woden Frealafing |
| Friþuwald Freawining | Frithowald | Friþewold | Frithouuald | |
| Frealaf Friþuwulfing | Frealaf | Frealaf | Frealaf | |
| Friþuwulf Finning | Frithuwulf | Friþewulf | Frithouulf | Frealaf Fin[n]ing |
| Fin Godwulfing | Fingodwulf | Finn | Fin | Finn Godwulfing [Godulfing] |
| Godwulf Geating | Godwulf | Goduulfe | Godulf Geat[t]ing | |
| Geat Tætwaing | Geata* ... | Geata* ... | Geat | Geata [Geatt] Tætwaing |
| Tætwa Beawing | Caetuua | Teþwa | Tetuua | Tætwa Beawing |
| Beaw Sceldwaing | Beauu | Beaw | Beo | Beaw Sceldweaing [Scealdwaing] |
| Sceldwea Heremoding | Sceldwea | Scaldwa | Scyld | Scyldwa [Scealdwa] Heremoding |
| Heremod Itermoning | Heremod | Heremod | Heremod Itermoning | |
| Itermon Hraþraing | Itermod | Iterman | Itermon Haðraing | |
| Hathra | Haþra | Haðra Hwalaing | ||
| Huala | Hwala | Hwala Bedwiging | ||
| Beduuig | Bedwig | Bedwig Sceafing, d est filius Nóe, se wæs geboren on þære earce Nóes | ||
| se wæs geboren in þære earce Noe etc. | Seth | Scyf, se wæs in ðam arken geboran [but son of Sem, not Noe] | Scef. Ipse Scef cum uno dromone advectus est in insula oceani quae dicitur Scani, armis circundatus, eratque valde recens puer, et ab incolis illius terrae ignotus; attamen ab eis suscipitur et ut familiarem diligenti animo eum custodierunt et post in regem eligunt; de cuius prosapia ordinem trahit Athulf [i.e. Æthelwulf] rex. | |
| Noe, etc. | ||||
| * quem Getam iamdudum pagani pro deo venerabantur | * ðene ða hæþena wuþedon for god | |||
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| Chronicle MS Cott. Tib. B. IV | Textus Roffensis II | MS Cott. Tib. B. V | Langfeðgatal Langebek, 1, 3 | Flateyarbók Christiania, 1860, 1, 27 |
| Woden Frealafing | Woden Frealafing | Woden Frealafing | Voden þan kollvm ver Oden | Voden, er ver kollum Odinn |
| Frealaf Finning | Frealaf Finning | Frealaf Finning | Frealaf | Frilafr, e.v.k. Bors |
| Fin Godulfing | Finn Godulfing | Finn Godulfing | Finn | Burri, e.v.k. Finn |
| Godulf Gating | Godulf Eating | Godulf Eating | Godvlfi | Godolfr |
| Geat Tætwaing | Eata Teþwafing | Eat Beawing | Eat | |
| Tætwa Beawing | Teþwa Beawing | |||
| Beaw Scealdwaing | Beaw Scealdwaging | Beaw Scealdwaging | Beaf | Beaf, e.v.k. Biar |
| Scealdhwa Heremoding | Scealwa Heremoding | Scealwa Heremoding | Scealdna | Skialldin, e.v.k. Skiolld |
| Heremod Itermoning | Heremod Hermanning | Heremod Itermanning | Heremotr | Heremoth, e.v.k. Hermod |
| Itermon Haðrahing | Herman Haþraing | Iterman Haðraing | Itermann | Trinaan |
| Haþra | Haðra Hwalaing | Haðra Bedwiging | Athra | Atra |
| Hwala Beowung | Hwala Bedwining | |||
| Beowi Sceafing, id est filius Noe, se wæs geboren on þære arce Nones ... | Beadwig Sceafing | Bedwig Sceafing | Bedvig | Beduigg |
| Se Scef wæs Noes sunu and he wæs innan ðære earce geboren | se Scef wæs Nóes sunu and he wæs innan þære earce geboren | Seskef vel Sescef | Seseph | |
William of Malmesbury. Wodenius fuit filius Fridewaldi, Fridewaldus Frelafii, Frelafius Finni, Finnus Godulfi, Godulfus Getii, Getius Tetii, Tetius Beowii, Beowius Sceldii, Sceldius Sceaf. Iste, ut ferunt, in quandam insulam Germaniae Scandzam ... appulsus, navi sine remige, puerulus, posito ad caput frumenti manipulo, dormiens, ideoque Sceaf nuncupatus, ab hominibus regionis illius pro miraculo exceptus et sedulo nutritus, adulta aetate regnavit in oppido quod tunc Slaswic, nunc vero Haithebi appellatur ... Sceaf fuit filius Heremodii, Heremodius Stermonii, Stermonius Hadrae, Hadra Gwalae, Gwala Bedwigii, Bedwegius Strephii; hic, ut dicitur, fuit filius Noae in arca natus.
The following marginal note occurs:
Iste Steldius primus inhabitator Germanie fuit. Que Germania sic dicta erat, quia instar ramorum germinancium ab arbore, sic nomen regnaque germania nuncupantur. In nouem filiis diuisa a radice Boerini geminauerunt. Ab istis nouem filiis Boerini descenderunt nouem gentes septentrionalem partem inhabitantes, qui quondam regnum Britannie inuaserunt et optinuerunt, videlicet Saxones, Angli, Iuthi, Daci, Norwagences, Gothi, Wandali, Geathi et Fresi[[331]].
I. Extract from the Little Chronicle of the Kings of Leire
From the Annales Lundenses. These Annals are comparatively late, going up to the year 1307; but the short Chronicle of the Kings of Leire, which is incorporated in them, is supposed to date from the latter half of the 12th century. The text is given in Langebek, Scriptores Rerum Danicarum, I, 224-6 (under the name of Annales Esromenses) from Cod. Arn. Mag. 841. There is a critical edition by Gertz, Scriptores Minores historiæ Danicæ, Copenhagen, 1917, based upon Cod. Arn. Mag. 843. The text given below is mainly that of Langebek, with corrections from Gertz's fine edition. See below, p. [216].