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But, at that time it was lawful for him who thought himself wronged by another to call him to fight on the holm So when three nights had gone by they got ready for the holmgang, and Illugi the Black followed his son thither with a great following. — The Story Of Gunnlaug The Worm-Tongue And Raven The Skald 1875
Now therefore I challenge thee to the holmgang, here at the Thing Said Cormac, "Wilt thou be fitter than before? — Kormáks saga. English
They were both at the Thing, and many a man thought her good-will was of much avail. So Thorvard sought her out, to ask her help against Cormac, and gave her a fee; and she made him ready for the holmgang according to her craft Now Cormac told his mother what was forward, and she asked if he thought good would come of it Why not?" — Kormáks saga. English
Hence "holmgang"=duel 2] "At knaessette"=to knee-set a child, to take it on one's knee an irrevocable form of adoption HIORDIS. — The Vikings of Helgeland The Prose Dramas Of Henrik Ibsen, Vol. III.
But Swart was killed in holmgang, or duel, by Thorgisl, who cut off his head and married Gudrun, by whom he had a son called Thorlaf. — Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time or, The Jarls and The Freskyns