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Skofnung (Old Norse: Skofnungr) is in
medieval Icelandic literature the
sword of
legendary Danish king Hrólf Kraki.
According to Hrólfs saga
kraka "The...
- Beowulf's
magical swords. Shamshir-e
Zomorrodnegar –
Legendary Persian sword.
Skofnung –
sword of
legendary Danish king Hrólf Kraki.
Thunderbolt – as wielded...
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berserker bodyguards. A cut made by
Skofnung will not heal. The only way to stop this is by
touching the cut with the
Skofnung stone.
Tyrfing (also
Tirfing or...
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sword of Högni,
named Dáinnleif
after the
dwarf Dáinn (Skáldskaparmál),
Skofnung and Hviting, two sword-names from the Kormáks saga, Nægling and Hrunting...
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raised a
mound for Hrólfr
Kraki where he was
buried together with his
sword Skofnung. The Skjöldunga saga
relates that
Helgo (Halga) was the king of Denmark...
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Blitzen and
Hearthstone travel to the
Provincetown barrow but
discover the
Skofnung Sword instead of Thor's hammer. Loki
appears and
tells the
quartet that...
- that the
Giant Thrym has the hammer, and
tells the
group to
retrieve the
Skofnung Sword. The god Loki
arranges a
marriage between Samirah and the
Giant so...
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forced to face his past in the
second book, when he has to
collect the
Skofnung Stone from his father, Alderman, who
wants him to
finish the
blood tax...
- is
forged by the
smith Mime (Mimir).
Skofnung Old Norse: Skǫfnungr Skǫfnungr was a type of weapon, e.g.
skǫfnungs-ǫx (an axe). The name is a
later form...
- chieftain,
Skeggi Skinna-Bjarnarson (who is also the
owner of the
famous sword Skofnung), and a
simmering tension develops between the two men.
Events take an...
