Finnesburg Fragment

The Finnesburg Fragment or Finnsburh Fragment is a fragment of an Old English heroic poem about a fight in which Hnæf and his 60 retainers are besieged at "Finn's fort" and attempt to hold off their attackers. The surviving text is tantalisingly brief and allusive, but comparison with other references in Old English poetry, notably Beowulf, suggests that it deals with a conflict between Danes and Frisians in Migration-Age Frisia.

Read more about Finnesburg Fragment:  Transmission, Synopsis, Battle According To Beowulf, Scholarly Reception, Religious Elements

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