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inscriptions suggest a
strong similarity between heimþegar and
housecarls: like
housecarls, heimþegar are in the
service of a king or lord, of whom they...
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personal armsmen,
known as
housecarls, who
formed the
backbone of the
royal forces. Some
earls also had
their own
forces of
housecarls. Thegns, the
local landowning...
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originally an
informal retinue of
personal armed companions,
hirdmen or
housecarls. Over time, it came to mean not only the
nucleus ('Guards') of the royal...
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strong force of
Danish mercenaries (
housecarls) as his main force, an
expensive and
resented policy (the
housecarls'
leaders were
later slaughtered by...
- a mix of the fyrd (militia
mainly composed of foot soldiers) and the
housecarls, or nobleman's
personal troops, who
usually also
fought on foot. The main...
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posts rather than
servile positions. Vagn, the
leader of Earl Leofric's
housecarls,
owned 54
hides of land with his main
manor at
Wootton Wawen ('Vagn's...
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Security Industry Authority (UK regulator)
Particular units or
kinds Housecarls (medieval
Scandinavia and Anglo-Saxon England) Antrustion, the bodyguards...
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Learning of the
Norwegian invasion he
headed north at
great speed with his
housecarls and as many
thegns as he
could gather,
travelling day and night. He made...
- Jormunrek's head,
which would have kept
Jormunrek from
calling for his
housecarls. The
housecarls are
unable to kill Guðrún's sons with
sharp weapons. Odin then...
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argument arose between them, and the next day,
Christmas 1026, one of Cnut's
housecarls killed the jarl with his blessing, in
Trinity Church, the predecessor...
