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    Starkad (redirect from Starkaðr)
    Starkad (Old Norse: Starkaðr [ˈstɑrkɑðz̠] or Stǫrkuðr [ˈstɔrkoðz̠]; Latin: Starcaterus; in the Late Middle Ages also Starkodder; modern Danish: Stærkodder)...
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    extracted or retold from a lost saga about Starkaðr; it contains extensive poetry, ostensibly by Starkaðr himself, and it ends tragically. A high point...
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  • sacrifice was needed, and the lots fell on King Víkar himself. Starkad (Starkaðr), Víkar's counselor urged a mock hanging from a tree instead, but in giving...
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  • Faulkes' edition Thou didst break the leg of Leikn, Didst cause to stoop Starkadr, Didst bruise Thrívaldi, Didst stand on lifeless Gjálp. – Brodeur's translation...
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    Bjarmaland, the legend of Hjalmar's foster-brother (originally named Söte), Starkaðr, Ketil Höing, Odysseus and Polyphemus, Sigurd Jorsalfare and the Rus' ruler...
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  • Year Title Format, Special Notes 2000 Sinnreger 10" 2001 Starkadr 7" 2001 Sinister Practices In Bright Sunshine LP 2002 Helfahrt CD / LP 2002 Sonne Hagal...
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  • bring the outlaws to justice. Afterward, the ring returned to Abin Sur. Starkadr first appeared in Legends of the DC Universe #20 (September 1999). He is...
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    Sigrún respectively. Rebirth is also suggested in some sagas such as of Starkaðr and Olaf Geirstad-Alf, the latter case of which is directly associated...
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    Examples of heroes taking on mythical qualities include the Old Norse hero Starkaðr, who may be portrayed with multiple arms, while Dietrich von Bern is able...
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    læsø and Nerthus in a holy grove on an island in sea. In Gautreks saga, Starkaðr meets Odin among other gods on an island near Hordaland, while in Jómsvíkinga...
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  • of wounds that were dealt to an ancestor: in Gautreks saga, a poem by Starkaðr alludes to the marks supposedly on his body from his grandfather's eight...
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  • Sturluson (SnSt) Snæbjǫrn (Snæbj) Snækollr Gunnason (Snæk) Sóti (Sóti) Starkaðr gamli Stórvirksson (StarkSt) Stefnir Þorgilsson (Stefnir) Steigar-Þórir...
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    Norse: Starkaðr or Stǫrkuðr The first element is the Germanic starka- which means "strong". The second element may be the theonym Höðr, as both Starkaðr and...
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    Ragnheid, and Valgerd. By his second wife Hildigunn, Kári had three sons: Starkadr, Thord and Flosi. Grettir's Saga § 10. Grettir's Saga refers to Kári as...
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    the epic cycle of poems Stærkodder of 1785, based on the legendary hero Starkaðr from Saxo Grammaticus' monumental work Gesta Danorum. He co-founded and...
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  • and giantesses: Thou didst break the leg of Leikn, Didst cause to stoop Starkadr, Didst bruise Thrívaldi, Didst stand on lifeless Gjálp. —Skáldskaparmál...
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