The mid-part of Weodmonath sees the Lytelman and his band ensconced in Gefnhame. The folk of the steading offer cautious welcome and seek to please their new masters. The two Sweon duguth, Sweyn and Svipdag, freed from the witch’s grasp, offer their strong arms and counsel to Lytelman. A group led by Eawulf is dispatched […]
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11 – Too Late the Heroes
By nick.crouch@ncrouch.plus.com on December 19, 2018 in Cynewulf, Deeds of the Geats, Lytelman, Tohrwulf, Wistan
Thus the last seven-day of the great Geatish Folkmoot was a sorry affair. The West Geats departed across the Great Lake with their war-chief, Thorir Houndsfoot, after he declined to bend the knee to Wiglaf. As for the East Geats, most either departed with the old king’s fleeing gesiths or with the new king’s avenging […]
10 – Dark Waters, Hidden Treasures
By nick.crouch@ncrouch.plus.com on December 19, 2018 in Cynewulf, Deeds of the Geats, Herewulf, Hrothgar, Lytelman, Stigand
At Ercongotastead the dead are disposed and the wounded tended. Yet there is also relief and indeed joy as the veteran warriors, Ercongota and Osric celebrate the victory, and a rekindling of ancient love with a handfasting. Amongst the wounded is the hero, Lyttleman, who barely survived with a deep wound in his gut. Yet […]
4 – The Wood Wose
Not long after the Battle of the Spile and while the harrying was still underway to kill or capture Sweons hiding in or attempting to flee the Isle of Bardsey, Lyttleman chanced upon the blind scop, Arcenbryht. Lyttleman was with his new comrade Cynewulf, an East Geat, the son of an upland trader. It had […]