- The
institution known as leiðangr (Old Norse),
leidang (Norwegian),
leding (Danish),
ledung (Swedish),
expeditio (Latin) or
sometimes lething (English)...
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troop deployments in
shallow water.
Longships were used
extensively by the
Leidang, the
Scandinavian defence fleets. The
longship allowed the
Norse to go...
- goes back to the
leidang which was
first established by King Håkon the Good at the
Gulating in 955,
although variants of the
Leidang had at that time...
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Society Berserker Earl Ergi
Erilaz Félag
Germanic kingship Hird
Holmgang Leidang Mead hall
Medieval Scandinavian law
Nithing pole Nīþ
Norse clans Old Norse...
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gentry over the drużyna as his base of power.[citation needed]
Housecarl Leidang Hird
Voluntary People's Druzhina, a
civilian organization in the Soviet...
- call to
leidang, the
Viking Age
equivalent of
military conscript service, the
skeppslag in
Roden was
responsible for
raising ships for the
leidang navy....
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Society Berserker Earl Ergi
Erilaz Félag
Germanic kingship Hird
Holmgang Leidang Mead hall
Medieval Scandinavian law
Nithing pole Nīþ
Norse clans Old Norse...
- King or his officials. In
medieval Scandinavia the leiðangr (Old Norse),
leidang (Norwegian), leding, (Danish),
ledung (Swedish),
lichting (Dutch), expeditio...
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Kalmar Expedition (Swedish:
Kalmare ledung) was a sea-based
crusade or
leidang led by the
Norwegian king
Sigurd the
Crusader performed in 1123 to christianize...
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Munch suggests an
initial fleet of 160 ships, of
which 100 were from the
leidang (public levy) and
returned shortly after arrival; the
fleet accompanying...
