Sigemund

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:

“

... Welhwylc gecwæð

þæt he fram Sigemundes secgan hyrde

ellendædum, uncuþes fela

Wælsinges gewin, wide siðas,

þara þe gumena bearn gearwe ne wiston,

fæhðe ond fyrena, buton Fitela mid hine,

þonne he swulces hwæt secgan wolde,

eam his nefan, swa hie a wæron

æt niða gehwam nydgesteallan;

hæfdon ealfela eotena cynnes

sweordum gesæged. ...

”

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