Sveinn

Svein waited at the threshold with a drawn dagger but lost his nerve when he saw the king's face, turning white as a corpse.

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Svein waited at the threshold with a drawn dagger but lost his nerve when he saw the king's face, turning white as a corpse. (Heimskringla, Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 82. Of King Hrorek'S Treachery.)

Svein waited at the threshold with a drawn dagger but lost his nerve when he saw the king's face, turning white as a corpse. (Heimskringla, Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 82. Of King Hrorek'S Treachery.)

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