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==Literature==
{{Quote|50|
Grew Earl forthwith in the halls and 'gan<br>
to swing the shield, to fit the string,<br>
to bend the bow, to shaft the arrow,<br>
to hurl the dart, to shake the spear,<br>
to ride the horse, to loose the hounds,<br>
to draw the sword, and to swim the stream.<br>
|
Poetic Edda - Rígsþula, The Lay of Rig. The Birth of Earl <br>
[Ashliman 2010]<br>
}}
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===Scotland, Sutherland: Durness, Balnakeil===
:Status-
:Type- Viking child burial (aged 8 to 11-13)
:Find date- 1991
:Bodies-
:*''Shield''
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===Sweden, Birka: Bj 977===
:Status-
:Type- Viking boy's grave
:Find date- late C19th
:Bodies-
:Dated to-
:Museum-
:Publications-
:*{{ListRef|Arbman 1940|Taf.4.1,27.2}}
:*http://kulturarvsdata.se/shm/context/html/1161
:'''Grave goods'''
:*''Sword''
:*''Shield''
:*''Arrows''
:*''Buckle, Weight, Brocaided tablet weave''
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Arbman 1949 Taf.4.1 BJ 977 Sword.JPG
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:Museum-
:Publications-
:*MATTHIAS S. TOPLAK. THE DEAD AS RESOURCES: THE UTILIZATION OF DEATH AND BURIAL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SOCIAL IDENTITY AND LEGITIMACY IN VIKING AGE SCANDINAVIA ({{ListRef|Toplak 2018)}}
:'''Grave goods'''
:*''Sword''
:*''Dog & Horse''
<br>
:"When comparing the size of this boy and the measurements of the sword, it is obvious that this boy would not have been able to swing this weapon and was certainly no warrior fghting in batle." [*Toplak 2018|:p71]<br>
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Stenberger (1942) Boy Burial.png
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==Other Possible Child Burials==
===England, Derbyshire: Repton, Mound 50===
:Status-
:Type- Duel Cremation, Female & Child
:Find date- ?
:Bodies- Female & Child
:Dated to-
:Museum-
:Publications-
:*{{ListRef|Richards 2004B|p.91}}
:'''Grave goods'''
:*''Sword''
:*''Shield''
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== References ==
{{Ref|Gardela 2021}}
{{Ref|Toplak 2018}}
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