Note 227 — Chapter VIII · THE USE OF FICTION IN THE HEROIC POEMS.

Prof. Brandl, Grundriss, II 953, calls attention to the fact that the Bernician king Ida is said to have had two sons called Theodric and Theodhere. But is not the date rather early? The occurrence of the name Sigesteb in the council of Ecgberht, king of Wessex (Birch, 395), is perhaps stronger evidence. The name Omulung which is found more than a century earlier (Birch, 76, 116) scarcely necessitates acquaintance with the story of Dietrich von Bern.