envig

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Swedish

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Viking Age envige

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Etymology

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From Early Modern Swedish enwighe, from Old Swedish envighe, from Old Norse einvígi.

Noun

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envig n

  1. (archaic) a melee duel
    • 1916 translation by N. E. Hammarstedt of c. 98, Tacitus, Germania
      [] söka de på ett eller annat sätt bortsnappa en fånge, och låta sedan denne i envig mäta sig med en bland deras egna landsmän utvald krigare []
      [] they seek, by one way or the other, to get hold of a prisoner and then set him for a duel against a warrior chosen from their own folk []
  2. trial by combat, judicial duel

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