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Sigurd the Mighty
Played by Mathew Baynton
Sigurd Eysteinsson, known as Sigurd the Mighty, the ninth-century Viking Jarl of Orkney who led the Norse conquest of northern Scotland. According to the Orkneyinga saga he died of an infected wound after the tooth of a defeated enemy's…
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Sigurd Eysteinsson, known as Sigurd the Mighty, the ninth-century Viking Jarl of Orkney who led the Norse conquest of northern Scotland. According to the Orkneyinga saga he died of an infected wound after the tooth of a defeated enemy's severed head, hung from his saddle, grazed his leg.
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