The Hervarar Saga ok Heiðreks on Half had
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attestation: Content from passage 112
"King Half had a chosen band of warriors numbering about sixty, who were subject to strict discipline and rules which Professor Craigie (The Icelandic Sagas, p."
attestation: Content from passage 112
"94) suggests were modelled on those of the Jómsvíkings."
attestation: Further content from passage 112
"Guthr˙n sent him a harp, and he was so skilful in harping that he could play it with his toes; and he harped so well that hardly anyone had ever heard such skilful playing, even with the hand."
attestation: Further content from passage 112
"So beautifully did he play that all the snakes were lulled to sleep except one horrible big adder which crept up to him and stung him to the heart."