English Explanatory Dictionary

holmgang

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In Norse and Icelandic culture, a duel to the death.

Word forms

holmgang holmgangs holmganga

Etymology

From Old Norse hólmganga; cognate with Icelandic hólmganga, Swedish holmgång.

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