Jǫrmunrekkr

Domains

• kingship sovereignty
• warfare and the feud

Powers

• has Svanhild trampled by horses and Randvér hanged on a slander

Epithets

• inn ríki Old Norse · Jǫrmunrekkr inn ríki · epithet'Jǫrmunrekkr the Mighty' (king of the Goths)Hamðismál (Poetic Edda); Snorri, Skáldskaparmál (primary)

Relations

• spouse: SvanhildHusband of Svanhild, whom he had trampled to death; the existing Svanhild entry names Jǫrmunrekkr as her husband. Reciprocal needed on norse_svanhild.Völsunga saga ch. 42; Hamðismál (primary)
• enemy: HamðirSlain-maimed by Hamðir avenging Svanhild; reciprocal handled on Hamðir below.Poetic Edda, Hamðismál (primary)

Sources

• existence: Poetic Edda, Hamðismál, Guðrúnarhvǫt; Völsunga saga ch. 42-44; Snorri Sturluson, Skáldskaparmál 42; Bragi Boddason, Ragnarsdrápa (primary)