Fishblight Mire trials and tribulations

Lagertha wasn't easily offended, not with words. Kattegat was a harsh place to grow up with no room for weaklings. The Shield-maiden may have seemed soft for her kindness, but her heart was not so easily wounded. 

"I vas not good enough. They vished for me to marry a man I did not vant and so I left," she explained easily. She hadn't been a good enough daughter, not obedient enough for them.