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Gunnar Hámundarson (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkʏnːar ˈhauːˌmʏntarˌsɔːn]) was a 10th-century
Icelandic chieftain. He
lived in Hlíðarendi in Fljótshlíð...
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light or a
heavy weapon.
Arguably the most
famous atgeir was
Gunnar Hámundarson's, as
described in Njal's Saga.
According to the saga, this
weapon would...
- saga are the
friends Njáll Þorgeirsson, a
lawyer and a sage, and
Gunnar Hámundarson, a
formidable warrior. Gunnar's wife, Hallgerðr langbrók, instigates...
- then
avenged by his son. Hróar's wife was Arngunnur,
sister of
Gunnar Hámundarson, who is one of the main
characters in Njáls saga, the
longest and generally...
- who came to him for counsel. He was a
close friend of
chieftain Gunnar Hámundarson of Hlíðarendi.
After his sons
became involved in a dispute, the farmstead...
- also
kills him,
against Hallgerðr’s wishes. Her
third husband is
Gunnar Hámundarson, a
major protagonist of Njáls saga, whom she
meets at the Althing. They...
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Atgeir is
usually translated as "halberd", akin to a glaive.
Gunnar Hámundarson is
described in Njáls saga as
cutting and
impaling foes on his atgeir...
- cut her hair to make an
emergency bowstring for her husband,
Gunnar Hámundarson, who is then killed. Most
modern archers wear a
bracer (also
known as...
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southern Sweden, then
belonging to Denmark.
Probably around 1000,
Gunnar Hámundarson from
Iceland took part in a
Viking raid at Eysýsla (Saaremaa). There...
- Aptrgǫngur are not
always monstrous, however, as in the case of
Gunnar Hámundarson in Njal's saga: Now
those two,
Skarphedinn and Hogni, were out of doors...
