Starkad (Old Norse: Starkaðr [ˈstɑrkɑðz̠] or Stǫrkuðr [ˈstɔrkoðz̠]; Latin: Starcaterus; in the Late Middle Ages also Starkodder; modern Danish: Stærkodder)...
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King Víkar himself. Starkad (Starkaðr), Víkar's counselor urged a mock hanging from a tree instead, but in giving this advice Starkad had been prompted...
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Starkad Ski Club was a ski club and literary society during the early days of skiing in Norway. It was established in 1897 by "three hopeful youths around...
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he was killed by Starkad the old. According to Starbäck and Bäckström, Saxo Grammaticus tells a related story in Gesta Danorum. Starkad was accepted with...
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to give additional wounds to Starkad, who was greatly angered. She was killed by the champion Thorkell. Furious, Starkad went forth in the Danish army...
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to avenge his father, Starkad appeared during a banquet that Ingeld had with the sons of Swerting, his father's slayer. Starkad strongly admonished Ingeld...
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is also a second version in Gesta Danorum, concerning the adventures of Starkad, and which is based on the old warrior who restarted the conflict between...
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himself he had his twelve hirdmen of whom one was the legendary old warrior Starkad (who had been in the service of Hugleik's grandfather Erik and great-uncle...
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warrior and he had twelve champions, among whom was the legendary warrior Starkad the Old. The Swedish king Hugleik had also gathered a large army and was...
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and co-kings and it was to them that the warrior Starkad fled after his slaying of King Vikar. Starkad served them first as a companions on their viking...
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is the famous Víkar, king of Hördaland, who was sacrificed to Odin by Starkad. The chain of descent from Alrek to Víkar to Vatnar is also found in Hálfs...
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Old Shieldmaiden Sigi Sigmund Signy Sigurd Sigurd Hring Skirnir Skjöld Starkad Sveigðir Volsung Yngvi and Alf Many dwarves are named in the poem Völuspá...
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through a combat. Ragnar and his three sons met the renowned champion Starkad and his seven sons in the sight of the two armies. "Björn, having inflicted...
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Jörð Kári Leikn Litr Logi Mögþrasir Móðguðr Rindr Skaði Sinmara Sökkmímir Starkad Surtr Suttungr Þjazi Þökk Þrívaldi Þrúðgelmir Þrymr Útgarða-Loki Vafþrúðnir...
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Danish chronicle Gesta Danorum (see below), the old warrior appears as Starkad, and he succeeded in making Ingeld divorce his bride and in turning him...
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parallels to Augustus. Follows the adventurers of the legendary hero, Starkad who is disappointed in the decadent ways of Frothi III's descendants. Is...
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with Högne, his son Dag, Granmar and all of Granmar's sons Hothbrodd, Starkad and Gudmund. Everyone dies but Helgi, Sinfjötli and Högne's youngest son...
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given in the Danish chronicle Gesta Danorum, the old warrior appears as Starkad, and he succeeded in making Ingeld divorce his bride and in turning him...
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Bjarki Egil Helgi Hothbrodd Loki Odin Ragnar Lodbrok Sigurd Fafnersbane Starkad Svipdagr Thor Vili and Vé Kaknu Nanabozho Arash Babak Khorramdin Esfandiyār...
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defeat for the Norse army, since Sigurd Fanisbane made the Norse champion Starkad flee in panic. It has been suggested that a report of a struggle for the...
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kills both Högne, Bragi, Dag and Granmar's sons Hothbrodd, Gudmund and Starkad. "CHAPTER IX. How Helgi, the son of Sigmund, won King Hodbrod and his Realm...
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performed. Alfhildr, the daughter of king Alfr of Alfheim, was kidnapped by Starkad Aludreng while she was reddening a horgr with blood. This suggests that...
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co-founded the ski club Starkad in 1897 and served as its first chairman. He was also a prolific contributor to its journal Starkad, which chronicled the...
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spear and shield of the Saxon Biargram Ironhand. Mael and Starkad leave on the pretext that Starkad must go settle a blood feud with Biargram. Arthur detains...
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the legendary Hrólf Kraki of Denmark. However in the section concerning Starkad, the kings of Sweden are the brothers Alrek and Eirík which, if one trusts...
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thyle", presumably refers to Odin himself, and Beowulf. In Gautreks saga, Starkad is referred to as a þulr after he sacrifices a king. The word also appears...
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Gesta Danorum the Danish chronicler Saxo Grammaticus wrote that the Viking Starkad crushed the Curonians, all the tribes of Estonia, and the peoples of Semgala...
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"Insula Magnetū[m]" (Latin for "Island of Magnets"), off modern-day Murmansk. The man holding the rune staffs is the Norse hero Starkad ("Starcaterus")....
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Helgi Hundingsbane relate that he had the sons Hothbrodd, Gudmund and Starkad who were slain by Helgi. Snorri relates that when the Swedish king Ingjald...
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Nafnaþulur Sprettingr Nafnaþulur Stalhaus Vilhjalms saga sjóðs Starkad Grandfather: Starkad Aludreng Father: Stórverkr Foster father: Hrosshárs-Grani (Odin)...
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