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390 – Stamford Bridge

The British History Podcast

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Norse Poems

Norse king Harold hadrata was a scald. So when he heard godwinson talking trash about his height, hedrata musta been desperate to get a clap back in there,. And ever the scald, snory then tells us that Hadratus started to free style, like right there and then on the battlefield, singing out battle poems as they fought. This feels like some real loser energy to me, but hey, i'm not an eleventh century norse warrior so i can't sae for certain whether or not listening to some hat beat box would help me come to terms with my own mortality.

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