- history, was
originally an
informal retinue of
personal armed companions,
hirdmen or housecarls. Over time, it came to mean not only the
nucleus ('Guards')...
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Other Scandinavian kings used
berserkers as part of
their army of
hirdmen and
sometimes ranked them as
equivalent to a
royal bodyguard. It may be...
- Uppsala. Haki was a
murderous fighter and
around himself he had his
twelve hirdmen of whom one was the
legendary old
warrior Starkad (who had been in the...
- earl and
chancellor of
Norway fell
together with 10
lendmen and
nearly 60
hirdmen Battle of
Ilevollene (1180)
Hardrada dynasty Magnus Erlingsson Birkebeiner...
-
Eyvind the
Shabby and Alf Askman [Wikidata], and
relates that they
became hirdmen of Erik's.
According to the 12th
century Historia Norvegiae,
Gunnhild was...
- uhi.ac.uk.
Retrieved 31 July 2021. "Blogs &
Exhibitions - Mimir's Well -
HIRDMEN AND HANDSEL". www.uhi.ac.uk.
Retrieved 31 July 2021. 3rd International...
- "Sveit" is from Old Norse,
meaning a team,
gathering or herd of
troops or
Hirdmen. The
flags of NS
organisations sometimes contained text
showing their division...
-
gjest and kjertesvein. Lendmen,
having the
first rank in the
group of
hirdmen, had the
right to hold 40
armed housecarls, to
advise the King, and to...
- men 1,800 men
Casualties and
losses Unknown Kristrød king's
brother and v****al
Ingemar Sveinsson from Ask
killed together with
approximately 60
hirdmen...
- a
possibility of
salvation and that all
behavior could be fixed.
These hirdmen would swear oaths to
their king that
would be
broken when the king died...
