Knattleikr

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Knattleikr (Old Icelandic for "ball-game") is an ancient Norse ball game mentioned in the Sagas of Icelanders. Ball games of the kind are recorded from across the world (cf. Older Swedish: väderboll, lit. 'air ball', isboll, lit. 'ice ball'; English medieval football, hockey, etc.), and ultimately led to various modern sports. The term is also applied to a modern sport created by re-enactors, and now played at a few United States institutions as a college club sport, based on what is known about the historical game.

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