Ostmar
The Danes appointed commoners as rulers: Ostmar for Skaane, Hunding for Zealand, Hane for Funen, Rorik and Hather for Jutland
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The Danes appointed commoners as rulers: Ostmar for Skaane, Hunding for Zealand, Hane for Funen, Rorik and Hather for Jutland (Gesta Danorum (Books I-IX), The Danish History, > Book Seven.)
Gesta Danorum (Books I-IX)
- attestation: The Danes appointed commoners as rulers: Ostmar for Skaane, Hunding for Zealand, Hane for Funen, Rorik and Hather for Jutland (The Danish History, > Book Seven.)
"they committed the kingdom to men of the people, and appointed rulers out of the commons, assigning to Ostmar the regency of Skaane, and that of Zealand to Hunding; on Hane they conferred the lordship of Funen; while in the hands of Rorik and Hather they put the supreme power of Jutland"