Njars

Njarar or Njars were an ancient Germanic people of Sweden,[citation needed] that appear in the Vǫlundarkviða. In the early part of the lay, King Níðuðr is introduced as a king in Sweden:

Níðuðr hét konungr í Svíþjóð.
Nidud was the name of a king in Sweden.

Later he is specified as the lord of the Njars:

Þat spyrr Níðuðr,
Níára dróttinn,
at einn Völundr
sat í Ulfdölum;
nóttum fóru seggir,
neklðar váru brynjur,
skildir bliku þeira
við inn skarða mána. (Source Archived 2004-11-07 at Bibliotheca Alexandrina)
When the Lord of the Njars, Nidud, heard
That Völund sat in Wolfdale alone,
He sent warriors forth: white their shield-bosses
In the waning moon, and their mail glittered. (Translated by W. H. Auden and P. B. Taylor)

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