East Dane is an Anglo-Saxon ethnonym which was used in the epic Beowulf. It was also used in an Anglo-Saxon runic poem describing the first appearance of the god Frey (called Ing, see Yngvi): Ing wæs ærest mid Eástdenum gesewen secgum, oð he síððan eást ofer wæg gewát.
East Dane is an Anglo-Saxon ethnonym which was used in the epic Beowulf. It was also used in an Anglo-Saxon runic poem describing the first appearance of the god Frey (called Ing, see Yngvi): Ing wæs ærest mid Eástdenum gesewen secgum, oð he síððan eást ofer wæg gewát.
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