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holmgangs

holmgangs is the plural 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

Questions about holmgangs

What is holmgangs the plural of?
Holmgangs is the plural of holmgang.

Words near holmgangs in the dictionary

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

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