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• saga (saga)

  Old Norse prose literature about heroes, kings and family disputes.

• seiðmaðr (seiðmaðr)

  A man who practises seiðr, often stigmatised as unmanly.

• seiðr (seiðr)

  Old Norse shamanic magic used to perceive and shape fate.

• skáld (skald)

  Old Norse court poet who composed complex praise poetry for princes.

• Skíðblaðnir (Skíðblaðnir)

  Freyr's magical ship, forged by dwarves, which always had a favourable wind.

• sumbl (sumbel)

  A ritual drinking ceremony in which oaths, memory and words of honour were exchanged.