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Anund
| Anund | |
|---|---|
| Legendary King of Sweden | |
| Predecessor | Ingvar Harra |
| Successor | Ingjald |
| Died | Himinheiðr |
| Burial | unknown; speculated to have been Anundshög, Västmanland, modern-day Sweden |
| Issue | Ingjald |
| Father | Ingvar Harra |
Anund (Swedish: Bröt-Anund, meaning trail-blazer Anund or Anund the Land Clearer), also called Brøt-Anundr (Old East Norse) or Braut-Önundr (Old West Norse) was a semi-legendary Swedish king of the House of Yngling who reigned in the mid-seventh century.[1] The form of the name used during his lifetime would have been Proto-Norse *Anuwinduz, meaning "winning ancestor".[2]
- ^ Fryxell, A. (1866). Berättelser ur svenska historien ... (in Swedish). L.J. Hierta. p. 67. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ Peterson, Lena (2007). "Lexikon över urnordiska personnamn" (PDF). Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2011.(Lexicon of Nordic personal names before the 8th century)
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