Twelve
Twelve of his companions, who were captured at the same time by the enemy, were given leave to go back to their country; but they gave up their lives for their king, and chose to share the dangers ...
Twelve of his companions, who were captured at the same time by the enemy, were given leave to go back to their country; but they gave up their lives for their king, and chose to share the dangers ... (Gesta Danorum (Books I-IX), The Danish History, > Book Nine.)
Twelve of the principal men in each kingdom swore to the kings that this treaty should be observed, so long as any one of them was in life (Heimskringla, Heimskringla > part in the government with his brother Hardaknut. In the same autumn > 7. Reconciliation Between Hardaknut And King Magnus.)
Gesta Danorum (Books I-IX)
- relationship: Twelve: Twelve hundreds are in one
case bestowed upon a man. (The Danish History, > Books I-Ix > Political Institutions.)
"Twelve hundreds are in one case bestowed upon a man."
- attestation: Twelve of his
companions, who were captured at the same time by the enemy, were given
leave to go back to their country; but they gave up their lives for
their king, and chose to share the dangers ... (The Danish History, > Book Nine.)
"Twelve of his companions, who were captured at the same time by the enemy, were given leave to go back to their country; but they gave up their lives for their king, and chose to share the dangers of another rather than be quit of their own."
Heimskringla
- attestation: Twelve of the principal men in each kingdom swore to the kings that this treaty should be observed, so long as any one of them was in life (Heimskringla > part in the government with his brother Hardaknut. In the same autumn > 7. Reconciliation Between Hardaknut And King Magnus.)
"Twelve of the principal men in each kingdom swore to the kings that this treaty should be observed, so long as any one of them was in life."