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Hlǫğskviğa is sometimes counted among the Eddic poems. It has been preserved as separate stanzas, interspersed among the text in Hervarar saga ok Heiğreks, but it is generally agreed that it was originally a poetic whole.Heiğrekr, king of the Goths, had two sons, Angantır and Hlǫğr. Only Angantır was legitimate, so he inherited his father's kingdom. Hlǫğr claimed half the inheritance, Angantır refused to split evenly and war ensued, claiming first Hervǫr, their sister, then Hlǫğr himself as casualties. The poem ends with Angantır finding his brother dead:
- Bǫlvat es okkr, bróğir,
- bani em ek şinn orğinn;
- şat mun enn uppi;
- illr es dómr norna.
"We are cursed, brother, I am become your slayer; it is yet again true; cruel is the judgment of the Norns (Fates)."
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