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Bældæg

deity single tradition · 2

Bældæg is an Old English name related to the deity Baldr. Simek contends that Baeldæg may represent an Old English reflex of the name Baldr, developed from Old English bealdor by analogy with divine names such as Swæfdæg. Snorri equates Bældæg with Baldr, referring to "Beldeg, whom we call Baldr" as the second son of Odin in the prologue to the Edda.

↻ synthesized from 2 sources

When

First attested
0 CE
Attested period
600 – 1100
Historical notes
Attested in Old English texts.

Relationships

co occurs with
Beldeg, Seaxneat, Balder
syncretized with
Baldr
child of
Wōden

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (2)
  1. Baldr
  2. Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies

Source passages

“Old Norse theonym Baldr (lit. 'bold'; 'brave, defiant'; also 'lord, prince') and its Germanic cognates – Old English Bældæg and Old High German Balder (or Palter) – are generally derived from Proto-Germanic *Balðraz”

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“While the two peoples had no tradition of common origin, their pedigrees share the generations immediately after Woden, Bældæg whom Snorri equated with the God Baldr, and Brand.”

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