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http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Anund/id/1914986: Brøt-Anundr (O ld East Norse) or Braut-Önundr (Old West Norse), meaning trail-blaze r Anund or Anund the land-clearer, d. ca 640, was a legendary Swedis h king of the House of Yngling. Anund succeeded his father Ingvar o n the Swedish throne, and after his father's wars against Danish vikin gs and Estonian pirates, peace reigned over Sweden and there were goo d harvests. Anund was a popular king who became very rich, not only be cause of the peace and the good harvests but also because he avenged h is father in Estonia. That country was ravaged far and wide and in th e autumn Anund returned with great riches. In those days Sweden was d ominated by vast and uninhabited forests, so Anund started making road s and clearing land and vast districts were settled by Swedes. Consequ ently he was named Bröt-Anund. He made a house (Husby) for himself i n every district and used to stay as a guest in many homes. One autum n, King Anund was travelling between his halls (see Husbys) and came t o a place called Himinheiðr (sky heath) between two mountains. He wa s surprised by a landslide which killed him. We all have heard how Jo nkur's sons, Whom weapons could not touch, with stones Were stoned t o death in open day, King Onund died in the same way. Or else perhap s the wood-grown land, Which long had felt his conquering hand, Upros e at length in deadly strife, And pressed out Onund's hated life.[1] T he original text of Ynglingatal is hard to interprete, and it only say s that Anund died und Himinfjöllum (under the sky mountains) and tha t stones were implied. According to Historia Norwegiae, he was murde d by his brother Sigvard in Himinherthy (which the source says means " the fields of the sky", cœli campus. Such a place name is not known a nd Birger Nerman suggests that the original place of death was under t he sky mountains, i.e. under the clouds (cf. the etymology of cloud) . Consequently, he may have been killed outdoors, by his brother and w ith a stone. In the translation above, Laing has done the same interpr etation as Nerman. Thorsteins saga Víkingssonar says that Anund wa s not the son of Ingvar, but the son of his grand-father Östen. It al so relates that he had a brother named Olaf who was the king of Fjorda ne. All sources say that Anund was the father of the infamous Ingjal d ill-ruler. '''From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia''' Anund's mo und, a grave associated with Anund. It is, however, more likely that t he name is taken from the runestone, which was raised 400 years afte r Anund's death. Brøt-Anundr (Old East Norse) or Braut-Önundr (Old W est Norse) (meaning trail-blazer Anund or Anund the land-clearer) wa s a legendary Swedish king of the House of Yngling who reigned in th e mid-seventh century. The name would have been Proto-Norse *Anuwindu z meaning "winning ancestor".[1] In his Ynglinga saga, Snorri Sturlus on relates that Anund succeeded his father Ingvar on the Swedish thron e, and after his father's wars against Danish Vikings and Estonian pir ates, peace reigned over Sweden and there were good harvests. Anund wa s a popular king who became very rich, not only because of the peace a nd the good harvests but also because he avenged his father in Estonia . That country was ravaged far and wide and in the autumn Anund return ed with great riches. In those days Sweden was dominated by vast an d uninhabited forests, so Anund started making roads and clearing lan d and vast districts were settled by Swedes. Consequently he was name d Bröt-Anund. He made a house for himself in every district and use d to stay as a guest in many homes. One autumn, King Anund was travel ling between his halls (see Husbys) and came to a place called Himinhe iðr (sky heath) between two mountains. He was surprised by a landslid e which killed him. After presenting this story of Anund, Snorri Stur luson quotes Þjóðólfr of Hvinir's Ynglingatal: Varð Önundr / J