Niding

Niding (Old Norse: níðingr) is an outcast or outlaw.

In the first episode The Homecoming in Season 1, Liv warns her husband Olvar, that it would be extremely embarrassing not to show up at the holmgang, a duel challenge initiated by warrior Arvid. If Olvar would not attend the holmgang, he'd end as an outcast.

Niding also translates into honorless, villain, wicked.


 * Liv, Orm and Rufus become exiled and Nidings. Rufus tries to guide the group to Rome, but that attempt fails. Orm and Rufus then briefly end up as slaves of Norheim, while Liv manages to get the law on her side and reinstalls herself as the First Lady.