--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "Patricia Wilson"
<originalpatricia@...> wrote:

>

> I am bothered still - well being me I would be - about the men being
> freeborn - weren't they - and being regarded as Slaves - cannot get

my head

> round that

Presumably being of noble birth just wasn't thought of as incompatible
with enslavement. Another example that comes to mind:

Þat er sagt, at Heiðrekr konungr átti þræla nokkura, þá er hann hafði
tekit í vestrvíking. Þeir váru níu saman. Þeir váru af stórum ættum ok
kunnu illa ófrelsi sínu. (Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks).