Was Ivar The Boneless a Cripple?

A lot of you may know Ivar the boneless from the show Vikings where he is presented to us as a man who cannot walk. But is this the truth historically? Ivar was the son of Ragnar Lothbrok and Princess Aslaug, and was considered to be the wisest, and most skilful of warriors, Icelandic Sagas even said he was a famous beserker out of his brothers. (Ragnarssona_þáttr)
It seems pretty farfetched that a feared King of the Vikings who led men into battle didn’t have the use of his legs. Today I will be presenting accounts from different sources to determine whether Ivar was a hulking warrior of if indeed he was a man who was a cripple.

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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:50 Chapter 1 - The Gesta Danorum
04:03 Chapter 2 - The Tale of Ragnar Lothbrok
07:36 Chapter 3 - Ivar & The Great Heathen Army
12:38 Chapter 4 - Ivar goes North

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All Credit for the Music goes to: Savfk - Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXOeF...
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Sources:
The Gesta Danorum:
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1150/1150-h/1150-h.htm

The Saga of Ragnar Lodrok and his Sons:
http://www.germanicmythology.com/FORNALDARSAGAS/ThattrRagnarsSonar.html

Annals of Ireland:
https://archive.org/details/annalsofirelandt00irisuoft/page/194/mode/2up

Annals of Ulster:
https://celt.ucc.ie/published/T100001A/

Vulsunga saga:
http://www.dankalia.com/literature/lty303.pdf

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle:
https://ia601601.us.archive.org/25/items/anglosaxonchroni00gile/anglosaxonchroni00gile.pdf

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