Hlöðskviða

Hlöðskviða (also Hlǫðskviða and Hlǫðsqviða), known in English as The Battle of the Goths and Huns and occasionally known by its German name Hunnenschlachtlied, is an Old Norse heroic poem found in Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks.

The final parts of the saga including Hlöðskviða are absent in H and truncated in R – the remainder of the text is found in better preserved 17th-century paper copies of these works.

It has several analogues, containing similar or related content, including the English Widsith, as well as Orvar-Odd's Saga and the Gesta Danorum.

The historicity of the "Battle of the Goths and Huns", including the identification of people, places, and events, has been a matter of scholarly investigation since the 19th century, with no clear answer.

[6] Ár kváðu Humla Húnum ráða, Gizur Gautum, Gotum Angantý, Valdarr Dǫnum, en Vǫlum Kjár, Alrekr inn frœkni enskri þjóðu.

the renowned forest that is named Mirkwood, the hallowed grave in Gothland standing, that fair-wrought stone beside the Dniepr, half the armor owned by Heidrek, land and liegemen and lustrous rings!

Bǫlvat es okkr, bróðir, bani em ek þinn orðinn; þat mun æ uppi, illr er dómr norna.