Editing Höðr (section)

===''Gesta Danorum på danskæ''===
''[[Gesta Danorum på danskæ]]'' is an [[Old Danish]] work based, in part on Saxo's ''Gesta Danorum'' and another Latin chronicle called the ''[[Chronicon Lethrense]]''. It contains a second, briefer [[euhemerism|euhemerized]] account of Höðr's slaying of Balder,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Osborn |first=Marijane |date=2020 |title=Princess Freawaru and Hamlet's Other Uncle |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27089795 |journal=Medium Ævum |volume=89 |issue=2 |pages=356–373 |doi=10.2307/27089795 |jstor=27089795 |issn=0025-8385}}</ref> as follows:

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!''Gesta Danorum på danskæ'' (manuscript B 77)<ref>'[https://books.google.com/books?id=iLINAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA1 Gesta Danorum pa danskæ. cod. Holm. B 77 og C 67]', in: ''Gammeldanske Krøniker'', ed. Marcus Lorenzen, Copenhagen, Samfund til udgivelse af Gammel Nordisk Litteratur, 1887-1913, part 1, p. 1-60.</ref>
!''Gesta Danorum på danskæ'' (manuscript C 67)<ref>'[https://books.google.com/books?id=iLINAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA1 Gesta Danorum pa danskæ. cod. Holm. B 77 og C 67]', in: ''Gammeldanske Krøniker'', ed. Marcus Lorenzen, Copenhagen, Samfund til udgivelse af Gammel Nordisk Litteratur, 1887-1913, part 1, p. 1-60.</ref>
!''Deeds of the Danes in Danish'' (Peter Tunstall's translation)<ref name=Tunstall>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oe.eclipse.co.uk/nom/lejre.html|title=lejre|date=10 March 2007|access-date=3 November 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310135852/http://www.oe.eclipse.co.uk/nom/lejre.html|archive-date=10 March 2007}}</ref>
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|Sithæn warth Høthær konungh, Hodbrodæ ſøn, Hadding konungs døttær ſøn, for thy at han war næftæ arwæ. Han [war konung i Saxæland. Han drap i ſtrith Baldær, Othæns ſøn, oc æltæ Othæn oc Thor oc therræ kompanæ; the hafthæs for [af guthæ, æn tho the thœt æi woræ… Sithaen war han dræpæn af Both, thæns ſøn, i ſtrith.
|Sithen war Hothar konung, Hotbrodæ ſøn, Hadings konungs dothers ſøn, forthi han war neſt arffuæ. Han wan konung aff Saxaland [j ſtriidh. Han drap Baldar, Othæns ſøn, j ſtriidh och ælthæ Othen, Thor och therræ companæ, ther haffthes foræ guthæ och tho æy waræ. [Han fik Swerike effther ſin brothers døth. Sithen war han dræpen aff Both, Othens ſøn, j ſtriidh.
|Then [[Hothbrodd|Hodbrod]]'s son Hother was king, the son of [[Hadding]]'s daughter, since he was the nearest heir. He was king of [[Saxons|Saxland]]. He killed Othen's son, Balder, in battle, and pursued Othen and Thor and their companions. They were seen as gods, even though they weren't. Later he was killed in battle by Othen's son Both.
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After this, Hother's son [[Hrœrekr Ringslinger|Rorik Slengeborre]], aka Rake, became king.<ref name=Tunstall/>