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46:(present-day Finland) ends with the father of Gor Thorrasson 'Sea King'. The appellation of 'Sea King' to subsequent names, from Gor to his great-grandson, Sveidi, suggests that they lose or surrender their inheritance as Kven kings and rule the seas instead, eventually ending up as minor lords in Norway. 441: 84:; such men without roof could be so powerful that they could subdue a country and make themselves kings. Two examples are 422:
Names of Sea-Kings ("Heiti Sækonunga") by Björn Sigfússon in Modern Philology, Vol. 32, No. 2 (Nov., 1934), pp. 125-142
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contains the earliest reference to sea-kings. There the original line of 'kings' of
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chieftain, even though the term sea-king may sometimes predate the Viking age.
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Index

Norse sagas
Viking
Orkneyinga saga
Kvenland
noble
Norwegian
Danish
kings of Sweden
Yngvi
Jorund
Refil
Hjörvard
Ylfing
Sölve
Östen
Haki
Hugleik
Nafnaþulur
Ale the Strong
Atli
Budli
Endill
Frodi
Gauti
Geat
Gautrek
Gjuki
Gylfi
Hagbard
Haki

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