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 […]
6 – A Stab in the Dark
By nick.crouch@ncrouch.plus.com on December 19, 2018 in Deeds of the Geats, Eawulf, Lytelman, Tohrwulf, Wistan
It was the middle of Thrimilchmonath when Wistan Wulfinga the proud Aetheling of the West Geatish folk arrived at the hold of Thegn Brihtwold. With him was his serving man, Tohrwulf – a man with little to mark him from the crowd but his good looks. The wide-handed Wistan gifts the Thegn an armring and […]