Orkadal
District in the Throndhjem region that served as a relay point in the Norwegian war-levy system.
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Orkadal is a district in the Throndhjem region of Norway attested in the Heimskringla. It served as a relay point in the war-levy system: "the message-stick went to Orkadal, and thence to Gaulardal, where the whole war-force was to assemble" (Heimskringla, Ch. 37). The passage illustrates the chain-of-communication system by which Norwegian districts mobilized for war.
Orkadal is connected to Thorgeir, Gaularas, Dovrefield, and Earl Orm through political and geographical association.