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Brodir.—It has been suggested that this was not his real name. He was Ospak's brother, and Brodir may have been mistaken for a proper name. There was a Danish Viking named Gutring, who was an apostate deacon, and who may have been the Brodir of Irish history.

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Baptism.—Burnt Njal, ii. 332.

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Combat.—Wars of the Gaedhil, p. 157.