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Dublin

Irish city where the Danes plundered Hugleik's vast treasury, attested in the Gesta Danorum.

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Dublin appears in the sources as an Irish city of significance in the Norse world. The Gesta Danorum records that the Danes plundered Hugleik's vast treasury in the city of Dublin (Gesta Danorum, Book Six). The city is also connected to Myrkjartan and Thorgils in the source record.

  • Gesta Danorum (Books I-IX) — Book Six (1 citation)