Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A going to a holm to engage in mortal combat; the duel then fought.
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Examples
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A holm-gang or duel was then arranged; that is, a ring was marked out with stones; the combatants stepped within it, and he who could drive his antagonist outside of the stone ring was declared to be the victor.
Boyhood in Norway 1892
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So they fought a duel on a _holm_ or island, that nobody might interfere -- holm-gang they called it -- and
Essays in Little Andrew Lang 1878
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A holm-gang or duel was then arranged; that is, a ring was marked out with stones; the combatants stepped within it, and he who could drive his antagonist outside of the stone ring was declared to be the victor.
Boyhood in Norway Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen 1871
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It was the custom there, as it is sometimes here, if two strove for anything, to settle the matter by holm-gang.
Erling the Bold 1859
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