![]() King's command, implying cowardice on the part of the king. Úlfr, one of King Ólaf's men on board Örmurinn langi, questioned the King Olaf asked, "What cracked with such a loud noise?"Įinar replied, "Norway out of your hands, sire."Īs with other weapons, bows were used to threaten. Einarįired two close shots at Earl Eiríkr, before Eiríks bowman, Finn, firedĪn arrow that hit Einar's bow. Him was Einar, described as the best shot anywhere. Says the king shot most often with his bow, but sometimes threw spears. Right in a 19 th century painting by Sinding. Was on board his ship, Örmurinn langi (The Long Serpent), shown to the Chapters 106-111 of Ólafs saga Tryggvasonar describes the seaīattle at Svölðr in the year 1000, in which King Ólafr was killed. Other, attempting to clear the decks of men so that the ship could be Opposing ships fired arrows and threw missiles from one ship to the Saga says that Snorri goði's shepherd watched the battle from the rockĬliff at the extreme left edge of the photo, then ran back to Helgafellīows were used in nautical battles. The fjord is shown as it looks today in the photograph to the Ice to where they could fire arrows at those on the rocks, making things very Two Norwegians with Steinþór ran a short distance across the Steinþór and his men had a hard time on the ice against suchĪ strong defense. The house, Gunnar used his bow to kill or wound ten of his opponents before his bow string was cut byĪt Vigrafjörður described in chapter 45 of Eyrbyggja saga, the sons of Þorbrandr took a defensive position on a rock above the ice, where they ![]() The most notable use of a bow in the sagas isĭefense at his home, Hlíðarendi (right), against an attack led by Gizurr hvíti,Ĭhapter 77 of Brennu-Njáls saga. In massīattles, archers opened the action before the opposing sides closed to fight at Where men desired to target their opponents from a long distance away. Were used primarily for hunting, but they were also used in battle in situations Until we find time to make the needed updates to this page, we strongly encourage readers to look at this topic as it is presented in our new book, Men of Terror, available now from your favorite book seller. Much of the text presented on this page is out-of-date.
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