Prior to Rule
What St. Magnus did during a battle in Wales.
What was sing psalms?
The location St. Magnus immediately went after being betrayed.
What was a church?
The affliction which temporarily happened to the Bishop of Orkney when he tried to deny the miracles of St. Magnus.
What is blindness?
The common term for an early Scandinavian warrior.
What is a Viking?
The family relation Hákon was to St. Magnus.
What was his cousin?
The relation of St. Magnus who bickered with Hákon during their youth.
Who was St. Magnus' brother (Aerling)?
The method of St. Magnus' martyrdom.
What was execution with an axe?
Those St. Magnus prayed for before his death.
Who were both his friends and enemies?
The traditional Scandinavian form of poetry/historical record keeping (where we get records of St. Magnus).
What is a Saga?
The method in which Hákon's betrayal of St. Magnus was made known to St. Magnus.
What was he brought 8 ships instead of 2?
The King who dispossessed St. Magnus' father and uncle of Orkney and took St. Magnus and Hákon as hostages.
Who was King Magnus III (Magnus Barefoot)?
The offer that St. Magnus made which Hákon initially accepted before being threatened with death.
What was to be maimed and thrown in a dungeon?
What was healing?
One of the modern Scandinavian countries which were kingdoms during the medieval era.
What is Denmark, Norway, or Sweden? (they're all still kingdoms)
The type of ruler that Hákon became after St. Magnus' death.
What is a good ruler (popular)?
Where St. Magnus sought refuge after losing his brother during campaign.
Where is Scotland?
The profession of the man Hákon forced to execute St. Magnus.
What was a cook? (Haakon's standard bear refused)
The type of land which became of the rocks and moss where St. Magnus was executed.
What is green sward (grassy/grassland)?
The name of a Norse council that roughly translates to "assembly."
What is a Thing?
One of the locations Hákon went on pilgrimage to later in his rule.
Where is Rome, Jerusalem or the river Jordan?
The trait St. Magnus was known for during his youth which the other claimants to the islands did not possess.
What is quietness (peacefulness)?
The holy day around when the Co-Earls were to meet to negotiate their conflict.
What was Easter?
The miracles present to the senses at St. Magnus' gravesite after he was laid to rest.
What was a heavenly light/fragrance (light/smell)?
One of the suffixs of the Scandinavian patronymic naming custom.
What is -son, -sen, -dotter, -datter, or -dotter (-son or -daughter)?
The person who convinced Hákon to allow St. Magnus' body to be buried at the church.
Who was St. Magnus' mother (Thora)?