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Sigemund

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A depiction of Sigmund be Arþur Rackham

Sigemund wæs bealdor in ealdum secgan. His spell is areahte in Beowulf and in þæm Wælsinga Secgan, se is Norrena secga. Siggemundes fæder wæs Wæls oððæt ðe Normenn secaþ þe he hatte Völsung. Se Wælsinga Secga arecceþ þe Sigemundes sweoster wæs Sigelind (Signý) and his modor wæs Hleoð. Sigemundes gesiþ on his fare wæs Fitela: Normenn secgaþ þe Fitela wæs Sigemundes sunu be his agnum sweoster, and þy wæs his sunu and eac his nefa, ac in Beowulf is Sigemund Fitelan eam.

In þæm leoð benaman Beowulf we hieraþ:

Þy slog Sigemund mihtig wyrm, ac in þæm Wælsinga Secgan is Sigefriþ Sigemunding se wyrmbana.