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Halfdan (Old Norse: Halfdan, Old English: Healfdene, Medieval Latin: Haldānus: "half Dane") was a late 5th and early 6th century legendary Danish king of the Scylding (Skjöldung) lineage, the son of king named Fróði in many accounts, noted mainly as the father to the two kings who succeeded him in the rule of Denmark, kings named Hroðgar and Halga in the Old English poem Beowulf and named ...
Halfdan Ragnarsson (Old Norse: Hálfdan; Old English: Halfdene or Healfdene; Old Irish: Albann; died 877) was a Viking leader and a commander of the Great Heathen Army which invaded the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England starting in 865.
In both Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian tradition, Hrothgar is a Scylding, the son of Halfdan, the brother of Halga, and the uncle of Hrólfr Kraki. Moreover, in both traditions, the mentioned characters were the contemporaries of the Swedish king Eadgils; and both traditions also mention a feud with men named Fróði and Ingeld. The consensus ...
John Burdon Sanderson Haldane FRS (/ ˈ h ɔː l d eɪ n /; 5 November 1892 – 1 December 1964 [1] [2]), nicknamed "Jack" or "JBS", [3] was a British-born scientist who later moved to India and acquired Indian citizenship.
He is called "son" of Odin in most manuscripts, but in the Codex Regius version—the Codex Regius is normally considered the best manuscript—Hermóðr is called sveinn Óðins, 'Odin's boy', which might mean Odin's son but in the context is as likely to mean Odin's servant. However, when Hermóðr arrives in Hel's hall, he calls Baldr his ...
Jimmy Kimmel’s son, Billy, has undergone his third open-heart surgery. On May 27, the “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” host shared a photo of his and wife Molly McNearney's 7-year-old son in a hospital ...
Halfdan the Mild, son of King Eystein Halfdansson, of the House of Yngling; Halfdan Bryn (1864–1933), Norwegian physician and physical anthropologist; Halfdan Christensen (1873–1950), Norwegian stage actor and theatre director; Halfdan Olaus Christophersen (1902–1980), Norwegian historian of ideas, non-fiction writer and World War II ...
"He's like, 'Yep, I do,'" Macaulay added about their son's obsession with Home Alone. "Boy, I'm raising a liar," he joked. Dakota may be on to something when it comes to recognizing family in Home ...