holmgang

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

日本語の意味

北欧やアイスランドの文化において、命を賭して行われる決闘

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The saga described a brutal holmgang that decided the fate of the two rivals.

そのサガは、二人のライバルの運命を決めた残忍な生死を賭けた決闘を描いていた。

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意味（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.

詳細

holmgangs （ plural ）