The Hervarar Saga ok Heiðreks on Itrek
Stories And Ballads > Part Ii > Saga Of HervöR And Heithrek
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"Game of chess. The text has hneftafl, i.e."
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"a game having certain features in common with chess which was played in Iceland till the introduction of the latter, probably in the thirteenth century."
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"Game-pieces have been discovered in Iceland which were probably used for this game."
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"Some are plain and hemispherical in shape, others are shaped with a man's head or a dog's head."
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"For a full and interesting description of hneftafl see H."
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"eur's translation of the Prose Edda as Skáldskaparmál, ch."
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"Reefs. For brimserkum, read brimskerjum."
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"Ocean-path. For brim-reiar, read brim-leiar."