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单词 holmgang
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holmgangn.

Etymology: modern < Old Norse holmganga, ‘going to the holm’ (or islet) on which a duel was fought.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈholmgang.
A duel to the death.
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society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] > single combat or duel
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1847 I. A. Blackwell in T. Percy et al. tr. P. H. Mallet Northern Antiq. (rev. ed.) 288 The question at issue was decided with sword and battle-axe by a holmgang.
1865 C. Kingsley Hereward I. iv. 145 Me happier the Valkyrs shall hail from the holmgang.
1891 H. R. Haggard Eric Brighteyes xii. 115 The two who shall stand against me in holmgang.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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