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Skjöldr
Skjöldr
(Latinized as
Skioldus
, sometimes Anglicized as
Skjold
or
Skiold
) was among the first
legendary Danish kings
. He is mentioned in the
Prose Edda
, in
Ynglinga saga
, in
Chronicon Lethrense
, in
Sven Aggesen
's history, in
Arngrímur Jónsson
's Latin abstract of the lost
Skjöldunga saga
and in
Saxo Grammaticus
'
Gesta Danorum
. Under the name
Scyld
he also appears in the
Old English
poem
Beowulf
. The various accounts have little in common.
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