History of the Northmen: Or, Danes And Normans, From the Earliest Times to ...
History of the Northmen: Or, Danes And Normans, From the Earliest Times to ...
Henry Wheaton
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Accord- ing to the Saga of Hrolf Krake, king of Zealand, the dragon Grimsnautr, which this monarch had captured in a sea-fight with a famous pirate, surpassed all other ships as much as Hrolf surpassed all other kings of the North. Snorre also speaks of a ship of thirty-four banks of oars, built by Olaf Tryggvason, king of Norway, which he declares to be the largest ever constructed in Norway4 ♦ Snekkja, Iceland. Snekke, Dan,, rather an equivocal appell»* tian for a ship. f Dreki, Iceland. Drag...e, Dan. X Depping, torn. i. pp. 69—74. Snorre, Saga af Olafi Tryggva Sini, cap. xcv. Digitized by Google VII. — NAVAL CONSCRIPTION. 143 For the purpose of organizing the maritime forces of the country, the coasts of Scandinavia were divided from very early times into convenient districts called Hundara^ each of which furnished a certain number of vessels, which were manned by a sort of maritime con- scription. This regulation was intended both for offen- sive and defensive war. The old law by which it was established, was revived in Norway by king Hakon the Good, son of Harald Harfager.
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