reward, second son of, 336
GODRICH. Earl of Cornwall, regent for Princess Goldborough, 80;
his rule, 81;
imprisons Princess Goldborough out of jealousy, 81;
attends sports at Lincoln, 83;
hears of Havelok's skill and strength, 83;
enforces a marriage between Havelok and Goldborough, 84;
captured, tried as a traitor, and burnt at the stake, 93-94
GODWIN. Earl of Kent, 335;
Lady Gytha, wife of, 335;
intercedes on behalf of Hereward, 338;
Hereward bids farewell to, 339
GOLDBOROUGH. English princess, daughter of King Athelwold; orphaned,
80;
Earl Godrich regent for, 80;
imprisoned in Dover Castle, 81;
forced to wed Havelok, 84;
learns in a dream of Havelok's royal birth, 86;
crowned Queen of England, 94
GOLDEN AGE. Forefathers cherished lifetime of ancestors as, 1
GOeTALAND. Realm of Geats, in south of Sweden, 5.
See Geatland, 7
GOTHS. Form a confederation with the Huns, Franks, and Hugas to
overthrow Constantine, 50
GOWER, "THE MORAL." Early English poet; his poem "Confessio Amantis"
and Constantine's conversion, 42;
story told in "Confessio Amantis" of Constantine's true charity, 64
GREECE. Philosophers from, with remedies for Constantine's leprosy,
65
GREEK-S. Elene touches at land of, 56;
literature, relation of, to Irish literature, 184;
of Homer, early Britons, and Irish Celts, racial affinity between,
184
GRENDEL. A loathsome fen-monster, 3;
enmity aroused by the feasting at Heorot, 4;
slays and devours Danes in Heorot, 4;
master of Heorot, 5;
Beowulf determines to attack, 6;
struggles with Beowulf in Heorot, 16;
worsted by Beowulf, 17;
mother of, avenges his death, 21
GREY OF MACHA. Cuchulain's best-beloved horse, 191
GRIM. Legendary hero whose loyalty secured privileges to Grimsby,
74;
Godard's thrall, 77;
ordered to drown Havelok, 77;
saves and maintains Havelok, 79-82;
sails from Denmark to England, 80;
sends Havelok to Lincoln, 82;
his death, 85;
his three sons, Robert the Red, William Wendut, and Hugh the
Raven, 87
GRIMSBY. The town of Grim, 74;
Havelok at fish-market of, 82;
battle near, between Havelok and Godrich, 93
GUDRUN. Reference to Siegfried and, 95
GUENEVER, QUEEN. Wife of King Arthur, 266;
dreads magic arts during h
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