A speculative reconstruction of one-on-one Viking combat based on fighting moves described in the Sagas of Icelanders, including:
--- thrusting with the horn of the axe: Grænlendinga þáttur, ch. 5
...en Kolbeinn snaraðist við honum og stakk fram öxarhyrnunni og kom í barkann Þórði og hafði hann þegar bana.
Kolbeinn sidestepped Þórður and jabbed the horn of his axe into Þórður’s throat and that was his death.
--- hooking a shield with a weapon: Þorskfirðinga saga, ch. 10
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