Þráinn

Sidoo kale loo yaqaan: Thrain, Thráinn

Khuraafaad iyo ugaarsiDhintaySi dhib leh ayuu u dhaqaaqaaSixirQarniyadii dhexe

Þráinn is the barrow-dwelling undead king of Hrómundar saga Gripssonar. Once a ruler in Gaul, he sits in his mound with the sword Mistilteinn until Hrómundr climbs in, wrestles him and burns the body. The tale was already being told as entertainment in 12th-century Iceland, which makes it one of the oldest datable draugr fights in the record.1 2

⚔️ Dagaal geli

Markii ugu horreysay ee la diiwaangeliyay

1119

A saga of Hrómundr was reportedly recited at a wedding at Reykjahólar in 1119; the story survives through the 14th-century Griplur rímur and later prose

Asal

Norse (Icelandic legendary saga)

Iceland

Waxa sababa

Sixir

A sorcerer-king who took his powers with him into the barrow.

Sida aad mid u noqotid

A king of Valland (Gaul) turned witch-king, entombed in a barrow.

Sida uu u dhaqaaqo

Si dhib leh ayuu u dhaqaaqaa

Remains in his barrow and grapples with the hero who breaks in.

Caqli

Caqli badan

Meelaha daciifka ah

being out-wrestled
burning the body

Goorma ayuu markii ugu horreysay soo baxay?

Adduunka hore

Qarniyadii dhexe

1500 ilaa 1899

1900 ilaa 1967

1968 ilaa 1999

2000 ilaa 2009

2010 ilaa maanta

1119

A saga of Hrómundr was reportedly recited at a wedding at Reykjahólar in 1119; the story survives through the 14th-century Griplur rímur and later prose

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