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I and h e ld b y i t , f r e e la n d s in B ra ca d a le.
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Lal e n g a g em e n t a g a in f t th e C la n -R o n a ld , to w h o fe f ig h t th e M a -
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t the fam i ly , b e in g tb e n p r o d u c e d t o fa v e th e lo n g in g s o f th e
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that T ita n ia d id n o t fe em t o t h in k i t w o r th f e n d in g fo r .
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three d a u g h t e r s o f L o d b ro k e, a n d fit te r s o f H in g m r , H u b b a , o r EH S ig u rd h a d an e n c h a n te d f la g g iv e n h im b y h is m o th e r ,
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ihofoever b o r e i t in th e d a y o f b a t t le w a s t o b e k i l le d ; a c c o r d in
g in o n e o f his b a t t le s th r e e f ta n d a rd -b e a r e r s w e r e fu c -
ceflively f l a in ; b u t o n th e d e a th o f th e la f t h e o b ta in e d th e
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