id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-4537 Havelok the Dane - Wikipedia .html text/html 2649 195 75 Havelok the Dane, also known as Havelok or Lay of Havelok the Dane, is a thirteenth-century Middle English romance considered to be part of the Matter of England.[1][2] The story, however, is also known in two earlier Anglo-Norman versions, one by Geffrei Gaimar and another known as the Lai d'havelok. A new publication of the late 19th-century translation by Walter Skeat is available as The Lay of Havelock the Dane.[3] Havelok is often categorized as belonging to the so-called Matter of England, because it deals with legends of English history rather than the legends of Rome, France and Britain, the three traditional subjects of medieval romance. Plot summary of the Middle English romance[edit] Havelok and Goldborow marry and return to Grimsby, where they are taken in by Grim's children. 'Havelok the Dane', in Four Romances of England, ed. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-4537.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-4537.txt