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The Brondings were a Germanic tribe. They and Breca the——Bronding are mentioned in Beowulf (Th. 1047; B. 521.), as Beowulf's childhood friend. And in Widsith (Scóp Th. 51; Wíd. 25.), where Breca is: the lord of the "Brondings." They were probably the people of the Swedish island of Brännö, west of Gothenburg in the Kattegatt.

See also※

• List of Germanic tribes
• Germanic peoples

Sources※

• An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary

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