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Egil Skallagrímsson is reported to have killed for the first time at the age of 7, cleaving another boy's head with an axe, due to being cheated in a game. Would this be considered deviant behavior at the time (900's Iceland), or within the boundaries of acceptable behaviour?

by /u/lapzkauz in /r/AskHistorians

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