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Hauskuld had a son called Amund; he had been born blind, but for all that he was tall and strong.
The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor Unknown
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That event happened three winters after at the Thingskala-Thing that Amund the Blind was at the Thing; he was the son of Hauskuld
The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor Unknown
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Amund, equipped with his native defences, put out his fleet against him.
The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo
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In this war Amund fell; and his servant Ane, surnamed the Archer, challenged Fridleif to fight him; but Biorn, being a man of meaner estate, not suffering the king to engage with a common fellow, attacked him himself.
The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo
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And when Fridleif sent a further embassy to ask for her, wishing to vanquish the refusal by persistency, Amund was indignant that a petition he had once denied should be obstinately pressed, and hurried the envoys to death, wishing to offer a brutal check to the zeal of this brazen wooer.
The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo
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Amund goes out to the door of the booth, and when he got to the very same spot on which he had stood when his eyes were opened, lo! they were shut again, and he was blind all his life after.
The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor Unknown
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And also, the fees, fealties, and seruices which belonged to him in the countie of Amund, and in the vallie called
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (5 of 12) Henrie the Second Raphael Holinshed
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After that men came forward with pledges of peace and good faith, and Lyting's kinsmen granted pledges to Amund.
The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor Unknown
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"Thou mayest not be blamed for this," says Njal, "for such things are settled by a higher power; but it is worth while to take warning from such events, lest we cut any short who have such near claims as Amund had."
The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor Unknown
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By the death of Amund, Fridleif was freed from a most bitter foe, and obtained a deep and tranquil peace; whereupon he forced his savage temper to the service of delight; and, transferring his ardour to love, equipped a fleet in order to seek the marriage which had once been denied him.
The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo
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