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    Gunnar Hámundarson (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkʏnːar ˈhauːˌmʏntarˌsɔːn]) was a 10th-century Icelandic chieftain. He lived in Hlíðarendi in Fljótshlíð...
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  • singer-songwriter Gunnar Grandin (1918–2004), Swedish Navy rear admiral Gunnar Gren (1920–1991), Swedish football player Gunnar Hámundarson (10th century)...
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    friends Njáll Þorgeirsson, a lawyer and a sage, and Gunnar Hámundarson, a formidable warrior. Gunnar's wife, Hallgerðr langbrók, instigates a feud that leads...
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    as in the case of Gunnar Hámundarson in Njal's saga: Now those two, Skarphedinn and Hogni, were out of doors one evening by Gunnar's cairn on the south...
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    to a light or a heavy weapon. Arguably the most famous atgeir was Gunnar Hámundarson's, as described in Njal's Saga. According to the saga, this weapon...
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    southern Sweden, then belonging to Denmark. Probably around 1000, Gunnar Hámundarson from Iceland took part in a Viking raid at Eysýsla (Saaremaa). There...
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    to cut her hair to make an emergency bowstring for her husband, Gunnar Hámundarson, who is then killed. Widely used modern materials are stronger for...
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  • is presented by the example of Gunnar Hámundarson in Njáls saga: "It seemed as though the howe was agape, and that Gunnar had turned within the howe to...
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    to cut her hair to make an emergency bowstring for her husband, Gunnar Hámundarson, who is then killed. Most modern archers wear a bracer (also known...
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  • but then avenged by his son. Hróar's wife was Arngunnur, sister of Gunnar Hámundarson, who is one of the main characters in Njáls saga, the longest and...
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