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Under his title Halfdan tried to restore the kingdom of the Danes to its ancient estate, as it was torn asunder by the injuries of the chiefs; but, while fighting in Zealand, he attacked Wesete, a very famous champion, in battle, and was slain.
The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo
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It will be observed that Saxo merely shifted the name Halfdan from father to son, and that Harald, almost a conventional name, he employed twice.
The Relation of the Hrolfs Saga Kraka and the Bjarkarimur to Beowulf A Contribution To The History Of Saga Development In England And The Scandinavian Countries Oscar Ludvig Olson
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Ingjald who appears in the sixth book is really the same Ingjald (second book) whose son Agnar is slain by Bjarki; and Helgi (here called Halfdan) takes to sea, just as he does in the second book.
The Relation of the Hrolfs Saga Kraka and the Bjarkarimur to Beowulf A Contribution To The History Of Saga Development In England And The Scandinavian Countries Oscar Ludvig Olson
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"Halfdan," he said, "let us forget the years that have gone by.
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On a visit to Istanbul's Hagia Sophia, he found carved into a balustrade some runes that read "Halfdan", probably the name of an 11th-century Viking mercenary.
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Halfdan has sworn to follow his hero Harald Sigurdsson – better known to history as Harald Hardrada, the greatest Viking of all – but breaks a promise to his 14-year-old daughter to take her along.
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Later, when Olaf asked the boys what they would like to own, Guthorm and Halfdan replied that they would like, respectively, great fields of grain and large numbers of cattle.
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“It may have been a member of the guard,” Cunliffe notes, “who scratched his name, Halfdan, in runes … in the church of Hagia Sophia, leaving a poignant reminder of the confrontation of two very different cultures.”
Geography Is Destiny 2008
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Halfdan Høgsbro began work in prison camps in December 1917, conducting visits in the XII Army Corps and the XIX Army Corps regions (Saxony), the V Army Corps region (Posen), and the VI Army Corps region (Breslau, Silesia).
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“It may have been a member of the guard,” Cunliffe notes, “who scratched his name, Halfdan, in runes … in the church of Hagia Sophia, leaving a poignant reminder of the confrontation of two very different cultures.”
Geography Is Destiny 2008
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