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holmganga

holmganga is the alternative form of holmgang.

Meaning of holmgang

Noun

holmgang (countable and uncountable, plural holmgangs)

  1. In Norse and Icelandic culture, a duel to the death.
    • A man could no longer be challenged for his lands or his women-folk, since the only result of holmgang which the law would allow, apart from wounds or death, was a claim for the payment of the agreed stakes.1933, Gwyn Jones, “Some characteristics of the Icelandic 'Hólmganga'”, in Journal of English and Germanic Philology, volume 32, number 2, page 224

Forms of holmganga

pluralholmgangas

Questions about holmganga

What is holmganga the alternative form of?
Holmganga is the alternative form of holmgang.

Words near holmganga in the dictionary

  1. Holmethorpe
  2. Holmewood
  3. Holmfield
  4. Holmfirth
  5. holmgang
  6. holmganga
  7. holmgangas
  8. holmgangs
  9. holmia
  10. holmian
  11. holmic

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