Havelok the Dane (Legendary character) -- Romances
HAUELOK, son of king Birkabeyn of Denmark, p. 13;
spared by Godard, p. 16;
but given over by him to Grim to be drowned, p. 17;
spared and fed by Grim, p. 20;
goes to England, p. 22;
sells fish, p. 25;
works as a porter, p. 27;
puts the stone, p. 31;
marries Goldborough, p. 35;
returns to Grimsby, p. 36;
his dream, p. 39;
returns to Denmark, p. 43;
trades there, p. 44;
is noticed by Ubbe, p. 45;
defends Bernard’s house against thieves, pp. 48-53;
is known to be heir of Denmark by a miraculous light, p. 60;
is dubbed knight by Ubbe, p. 65;
is king of Denmark, p. 66;
defeats Godard, p. 68;
invades England, p. 72;
defeats Godrich, p. 77;
rewards Bertram and others, p. 82;
lives to be a hundred years old, p. 83;
is crowned king of England at London, p. 84;
is king for sixty years, p. 85.
[The story is called “þe gest of Hauelok and of Goldeborw,”
l. 2985.]
Helfled (Havelok’s sister), 411.
Hengelonde (England), 999.
Henglishe (_pl._ English), 2945.
Humber (the river), 733.
Huwe Rauen (one of Grim’s sons), 1398, 1868, 2349, 2636, 2677;
_spelt_ Hwe, 1878.
Iohan, seint; the patron saint to whom Havelok commits his Danes,
2957;
bi seint Iohan! 1112, 2563.
_Spelt_ Ion, 177.
Iudas, 319, 425, 1133.
Lazarun (= Lazarum, _acc._ of Lazarus), 331.
Cf. “Lord”--said Guy--“that reared _Lazaroun_,” &c.
Guy of Warwick, in Ellis, Met. Rom. (ed. Halliwell), p. 227.
Leue (Grim’s wife), 558, 576, 595, 642.
Leuiue (Grim’s daughter, married to Bertram), 2914.
Lincolne, 773, 847, 862, 980, 1105, 2558, 2572, 2824.
Lindeseye (N. part of Lincolnshire), 734.
Lundone (London), 2943.
Marz (March), 2559.
Reyner (earl of Chester), 2607.
Roberd þe rede (Grim’s eldest son), 1397, 1686, 1888, &c.;
--Robert, 2405, 2411, &c.;
_gen._ Roberdes, 1691.
Rokesborw (explained by Prof. Morley to mean Rokeby, but it is surely
Roxburgh), 265;
--Rokesburw, 139.
Roxburgh is spelt _Rokesburgh_ in Walsingham, ed. Riley, i. 340, &c.
Sathanas (Satan), 1100, 1134, 2512.
Swanborow (Havelok’s sister), 411.
UBBE, a great Danish lord, p. 44;
entertains Havelok, p. 45;
takes him to his castle, p. 57;
does homage to Havelok, p. 63;
dubs him knight, p. 65;
his combat with Godrich, p. 75;
is sorely wounded, p. 76.
Willam Wendut (one of Grim’s sons), 1690, 1881, 1892, 2348, 2632;
--Wiliam Wenduth, 1398.
Winchestre, 158, 318.
Yerk (York), 1178.
Ynde, India, 1085.
JOHN CHILDS AND SON, PRINTERS.
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