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.
inâ¢cumâ¢bent. 1. currently holding an indicated office: the incumbent president. 2. obligatory: a duty incumbent upon me. 3. resting, lying, or pressing on something. 4. the holder of an office or an ecclesiastical benefice.