Ragnar issues the challenge to Earl Haraldson who initially declines on the grounds Ragnar is a criminal. He remembers what the soothsayer told him however and decides to accept. A pregnant Lagertha, fearing that Ragnar is too weak to win, thinks they should just run away.
Incumbent. The incumbent, in politics, is the existing holder of a political office. This term is usually used in reference to elections, in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent.
Definition of election. 1  1a : an act or process of electing the election of a new governorb : the fact of being elected her election to the Senate. 2  2 : predestination to eternal life. 3  3 : the right, power, or privilege of making a choice.