Index

Adils, E., [70], [71–74]
Ælla, King of Northumbria, [14], [18], [19], [20], [21] and n., [26]
Alfgeir, Earl, [65], [70–72]
Alfred the Great, [14], [22–35], [37], [52], [56], [136];
his studies, [23], [24], [34];
his laws and navy, [32–33];
his “Manual,” [24];
his liberality, [33].
His “Life” (see [Asser])
Alfred “the Ætheling,” [185], [211–212], [217], [222]
Alfvine, a champion, [93–94]
Amazons, [17]
Anglesea Sound, B. of, [237–238] (see [Mona])
Anses, the, [21]
Antrim, [119]
Ardee, B. of, [120]
Armagh, [45–46], [118]
Armour, [130], [152], [240]
Ashdune, B. of, [27–28], [29]
Aslang, w. of Raynar Lodbrog, [21] and n.
Asser, [23], [28], [31], [34];
his “Life of Alfred,” [23], [24]
Astrid, m. of Olaf Trygveson, [91], [92]
Athelney, Isle of, [30], [32]
Athelstan the Great, King of England, [46], [54], [56–77], [78–81], [84], [179]
Aud (O. U. Audr), [47] (and see [Unn])
Augvaldness, B. of, [87]
Baltic, [92], [103]
Baptism, Christian, [81], [84], [114–115], [148];
Baptism, Pagan, [78–79] and n.;
[91]1 (and see “[Prime-signing]”)
Bath, [184]
Bedford, [53]
Bergen, [89]
Bergthora, w. of Nial, [157], [162], [168], [170], [172–73], [175]
Bergthors-knoll, [166]
Berkshire, E. of, [27]
“Berserkin fury,” [72] and n.
Bertric, King of Wessex, [12]
Biorn, “the Eastman,” [6], [47–49], [50]
Blacaire, Danish, Lord of Dublin, [120]
“Bondes” or landowners, [88], [97], [98], [208], [242]
“Book of Settlements,” [37]
Brian Boru, King of Munster and Ireland, [135–142], [145], [148–152];
his hardships, [136];
King of Munster, [138];
his beneficent reign, [139];
his death at B. of Clontarf, [149–152]
Britain, [6], [16]
Brodir, a Viking, [146–147], [151–152]
“Broad-cloth” Cruise, [245]
Brunanburh, or Brumby, B. of, [60–77], [135]
Burhred, King of Mercia, [22], [26], [29]
Burial (in mounds), [41], [82], [89], [109];
(ship-burials), [51], [90]
Bury St Edmunds, in Suffolk, [198]
Caithness, [5], [48], [108], [154], [158]
Callaghan, King of Munster, [117], [119]
Canterbury, [25], [183], [189]
Cantyre, [238]
Canute, or Knut, “the Great” (King of England and Denmark), [6], [32], [55], [179], [180], [185], [186], [191–210], [214–217], [218], [227]
Carlingford Lough, [118]
Christianity, [12], [66], [114–115], [146];
forced upon Norway, [85–87], [100]
Chronicles—
English Ch., [35] n., [60–61], [180], [192], [212];
Ethelwerd’s Ch., [13] n.;
William of Malmesbury’s Ch., [30], [34], [54], [57], [59], [61];
Asser’s “Life of Alfred the Great,” [23], [24]
Clonmacnois, [45]
Clontarf, B. of, [114], [116], [135], [148–156]
Conang, nephew of King Brian, [141]
Connaught, [119], [135]
Constantine, King of the Scots, [59], [60]
Cornwall, [57–58]
Cumberland, [57]
Dane’s, first arrival of, [11–13];
Conquests and Settlements, [5], [22], [25–27], [29], [46], [60–61], [111], [135], [179], [182], [184], [186], [187], [217–218];
called “Dark Foreigners,” [47]
Danegeld, [179–180], [152], [225]
Danish Kings, [6], [31], [179], [180], [186], [191], [198–199], [208], [209], [211–213], [217], [218], [219], [235]
Danish Kings of Dublin and Northumbria, [6], [14], [29], [46–47], [58–59], [93], [118–119]
Death-Song (of Raynor Lodbrog), [20], [21]
Denmark, [31], [39], [40], [87], [123], [179], [191], [203], [209], [212], [213], [216], [217], [218], [219], [220]
Derby, [53]
Devon, [22], [30]
Donagh, King of Ireland, [118], [120]
Donovan, Munster Chief, [137]
Dorchester, [13]
Downpatrick, [242]
Dublin, [19], [46], [96], [116], [117], [118], [142], [145], [148], [239], [245–47]
East Anglia, [22], [27], [32], [38], [183], [189], [193], [194]
Eddington, B. of, [31]
Edgar, King of England, [179];
laws of, [198]
Editha, w. of Edward the Confessor, [223], [224]
Edmund “the Martyr,” King of E. Anglia, [185], [198]
Edmund, b. of Athelstan, King of England, [61], [170]
Edmund “Ironside,” [194], [225]
Edric, Lord, of Mercia, [183], [194]
Edward the Ætheling, [225]
Edward “the Confessor,” King of England, [185], [212], [217], [219], [221–225], [226–227]
Edward “the Elder,” [33], [38], [52–54]
Edwy, King of England, [179]
Edwy, s. of Ethelred the Unready, [195]
Egil, s. of Skalligrim, [63], [65–66], [71–77]
Egil’s Saga, [6], [60], [63–65]
Einar (called “Torf-Einar,”) E. of Orkney, [111–113];
his son, [114]
Einar Tambaskelfer, [106], [107]
Eirik, King of Sweden, [39], [40]
Eirik Hakonson, Earl, [102–107], [181], [186], [193], [194] and n. (and see [Eric])
Eithne or Audua, m. of E. Sigard, [114]
Ely, [211]
Emma, Queen of Ethelred II. and of Canute, [35], [182], [184–185], [195], [199], [211–212], [213–214], [221]
Englefield Green, B. of, [27]
English Channel, [5], [187], [194]
“Enhazelling,” a battle-field, [67], [69]
Erling Skialgson, [102]
Eric, or Eirik, “Bloodaxe,” King of Norway, [82], [84], [85], [113];
King of Northumbria, [84];
his sons, [82], [87–90], [113]
Essex, [189]
Ethelbald, King, [26]
Ethelbert, King, [26]
Ethelfled, “the Lady of the Mercians,” [52–53], [56]
Ethelred I., King of Wessex, [14], [26], [27–28], [29]
Ethelred II., “the Unready,” [35], [179–189], [219], [221];
his sons, [195–196], [211], [212]
Ethelred, Prince of Mercia, [53]
Ethelwulf, King, [25], [26]
Eyvind, [88–89]
Eyvind, a Norwegian lord, [240–241]
Faröe Isles, [36], [42], [48–49]
Feudal System (in Norway), [42]
Fife, [5]
Fin-Barre, St, Gospel of, [137–138]
Fingall, [11]
Flanders, [65], [212] and n., [223], [224], [227]
Flosi, an Icelander, [166], [170–174]
Fosterage, [80–81], [128], [132–134], [157], [159]
France, [18], [35], [52], [72], [92], [218]
Freeman, “Norman Conquest,” [185] n., [190] n., [236] n.
Gall-Gael, [12]
Galloway, [5]
Gaul, [23]
Germany, [18]
Gilli, the Russian, [123] and n., [125]
Glen of the Gap, B. of, [138], [141]
Gloucester, [53]
Godfrey, Danish King of Dublin, [59–60], [118]
Godred, King of Man, [158]
Godwin, Earl, [211], [221–225];
sons of, [221], [223], [226]
Gorm the Old, King of Denmark, [11], [39], [40], [179], [200]
Gorm, or Guthrum, “the Englishman,” [31], [32], [35];
baptismal name, Athelstan, [32];
King of Denmark, [31], [32];
King of East Anglia, [32]
Gormliath, or Kormlod, [139], [140], [142–143], [145–146], [148–149]
Grani, Gunnar’s son, [166], [170–171]
Greenwich, [185]
Grim, s. of Nial, [157], [158], [161], [163], [173]
Gudrek, Earl, [65]
Gunhild, w. of Eric “Bloodaxe,” [82]
Gunnar, Lambi’s son, [144–145], [157], [166], [170]
Gyda, w. of Harald Fairhair, [40]
Gyda, sister of Olaf Cuaran, [93–94]
Hakon the Old, King of Sweden, [92]
Hakon “the Good,” King of Norway, [54], [57], [79–90], [122–123], [179];
fostered by Athelstan, [80–81];
returns to Norway, [83–84];
forces the people to become Christians, [85–86], [100];
“Hakon’s Hill,” [89–90]
Hakon, Earl, Governor of Norway, [95–99];
slain, [99], [193]
Hakon, Earl, Eirik’s son, [193], [196], [197], [200], [208], [216]
Halfdan, “Long-legs,” s. of Harald Fairhair, [112–113]
Halfdan the Black, King of Norway, [39]
Halfdene, s. of Raynar Lodbrog, [29]
Halfred, Norse poet, [107]
Hallad, s. of Ragnvald, [109–110]
Hame, f. of Ælla, [14] n., [18]
Hampshire, or Hants, [22], [30]
Harald, King of England, s. of Canute, [195], [209], [211–212], [217]
Harald “Blue-tooth,” s. of Gorm “the Old,” [179], [180]
Harald Fairhair, King of Norway, [11], [36–44], [47], [52], [57], [78–81], [82], [83], [84], [96], [99], [113];
his policy, [5], [37], [39], [40], [42];
his sons, [112–113]
Harald Sigurdson, “Hardrada,” King of Norway, [228–236], [237]
“Harald Hardrada’s Stave,” [230]
Harald, E. of Orkney, [245]
Hardacanute, King of Denmark and England, [179], [195], [208], [209], [212–218], [221], [222]
Harek of Throtta, [205–206]
Harold, s. of Godwin, King of England, [211], [223], [224], [225], [226–236]
Hastings, or Senlac, B. of, [235], [236] n.
Hauk “Haabrok,” [80–81]
Hebrides, or Sudreys, [5], [18], [37], [42], [43], [48], [52], [55], [110], [113], [119], [237], [238], [244]
Helga River, B. of, [204–205], [215]
Helgi, s. of “Ketill Flatnose,” [47], [50]
Helgi, s. of Nial, [157], [158], [163], [169–172]
Hellespont, [19]
“Heptarchy,” [38]
Hereford, [53]
Herlang, King, [41]
Hlodver, Earl of Orkney, [114]
Hlodver, Sigurd’s son, “Whelp,” [115]
Hogmanay night, [86]
Hoskuld, f. of Olaf the Peacock, [51], [122]
Hoskuld, foster son of Nial, [157], [159–165]
Howel, King of Wales, [59]
Humber, River, [14], [60]
Hungary, King of, [225]
Hrafn, the “Limerick trader,” [37]
Hrafn, “the Red,” [153]
Hrane, [196–197]
Hring, Earl, [71–73]
Hrollaug, King, [41]
Hrollaug, s. of Ragnvald, [111]
Iceland, [5], [6], [37], [42], [47], [49–50], [63], [66], [114], [121], [122], [144], [154], [157]
Inti. Gall (see [Hebrides])
Iona, [12]
Ireland, [5], [6], [11], [16], [19], [20], [37], [38], [42], [45–47], [53], [114], [116], [117], [145], [146], [223], [244]
Irish hermits, [12]
Ivar the Boneless, s. of Ragnar Lodbrog, [11] n., [16], [17], [18], [29], [30];
called Ivar Vidfadme, [11]
Ivar, Prince of Limerick, [137]
Jorunn, w. of Hoskuld, [123], [125–126]
Jutland, [16], [18]
Kari, Solmund’s son, [145], [158], [161–164], [168], [170], [174]
Kark, a slave, [98–99]
Kennedy, f. of King Brian, [136]
Kent, [13], [25], [26], [223]
Ketill “Flatnose,” [47–48]
Killaloe, [141]
Kincora, Palace of, [136], [140–142]
Kingston-on-Thames, [57]
Kjartan, s. of Olaf “Pa,” [134]
Law-courts in Iceland, [157–160]
Laxdæla Saga, [121], [122]
Lay of the Darts (“Darradar-Liod”), [155–156]
Leicester, [53]
Leinster, [119], [138–139], [142];
Melmora, king of, [139–141];
palace of, [138]
Liffey, River, [148]
Limerick, [37], [46], [137]
Lincolnshire, [22]
London, [25], [32], [80], [180], [183], [185], [187], [193], [217]
London Bridge, B. of, [188–190]
Maelbride (Melbrik), King of Dublin, [19]
Magna Charta, [198–199] and n.
Magnus the Good, s. of St Olaf, King of Norway, [219–220], [223]
Magnus the Good’s Saga, [220]
Magnus “Barelegs,” King of Norway, [237–243];
ballad of, [243]
Magnus, St, E. of Orkney, [237–238]
Mahon, f. of King Brian, [136–138]
Man, Isle of, [5], [20], [135], [142], [145], [158]
Melaughlan, King of Ireland, [139]
Melbrigd “the Toothy,” [108–109]
Melkorka, m. of Olaf “Pa,” [122], [126–128], [131–134]
Melmora, King of Leinster, [139–142]
Mercia, [22], [26], [52–53], [183], [193], [194]
Molloy, Munster chief, [137–138]
Mona, or Anglesea, [20], [237–238]
Morcar, Earl, [229], [230]
Mord, s. of Valgard, [160–164]
Morrogh, s. of King Brian, [139], [141], [150–151]
Munster, [119], [135], [139];
Callaghan, king of, [117], [119];
Brian, king of, [135], [138];
men of, [148], [151];
standard of, [150]
Murtough, King of Connaught, [238–239]
Murtough “of the Leather Cloaks,” [117–121];
or Myrkjartan, [127], [130–133], [134]
Myrkjartan (see [Murtough])
Nial, [144], [157–175]
Nial’s Saga (Njala), [157]
Niall “Glundubh,” or “Black-knee,” King of Ireland, [117]
Nidaros (Throndhjem, or Drontheim), [228], [235] and n., [242]
Normandy, [35], [109–110], [185], [189], [211], [218], [225], [229], [235];
Dukedom of, [6], [35], [109–110], [182], [218]
Norsemen—
Direction of their conquests, [5], [12], [45–46], [135], [138], [148–149], [154];
called “Fair Foreigners,” [47]
Northampton, [53]
Northmen (see also [Norsemen]), [11], [12], [13], [14], [46–47], [118], [120], [138], [142]
Northumbria, [5], [12], [13], [18], [19], [22] and n., [26], [29], [38], [52], [61], [193], [224], [227], [233];
Danish kingdom of, [6], [46–47], [54], [58–59], [78], [84], [113], [118], [194], [196]
Norway, [36], [42], [43], [55], [66], [78], [100], [113], [114], [123], [158], [179], [187], [191], [196], [199], [203], [209], [215], [216], [218], [219], [227], [237]
Ockley, or Aclea, B. of, [25]
Olaf Cuaran “o’ the Sandal,” Danish King of Dublin, [46], [58–75], [96];
called Olaf “the Red,” [65]
Olaf “Feilan,” [49–51]
Olaf “Pa,” or “the Peacock,” [51], [121], [126–134]
Olaf “the White,” King of Dublin, [47–48], [108]
Olaf Trygveson, King of Norway, [54], [91–107], [114–116], [179], [180], [181], [186], [193];
called Ole, [92–93], [95–96];
becomes King, [98–99];
his Irish hound, [94–95];
his war-vessels, [95], [101–107];
he disappears, [107]
Olaf “the Thick,” King of Norway (called “St Olaf”), [183], [186–190], [195–197], [199–209], [216], [228]
Olaf, King of Sweden, [101], [102], [105], [181], [193], [201], [203–205]
Olaf “Kyrre,” s. of Harald Hardrada, [229], [235], [237]
O’Neills, Prince of, [117]
Orkney Isles, [5], [18], [36], [37], [42], [43], [48], [52], [108], [109], [110], [113–115], [117], [135], [142], [229], [235], [237], [238], [242], [247];
Earldom of, [6], [43], [111]
Osbert, King of Northumbria, [13], [14]
Ospac, a Viking, [146–148]
Otto, Emperor, [58], [78]
Ouse, River, [229]
Oxford, [184]
Pagan army, [14], [26];
religion, [45], [66], [78], [85–87], [101], [146–147], [159]
Paris, [35]
Patrick, St, [45]
Paul and Erlend, Earls of Orkney, [229], [231], [235], [237]
Pentland Firth, [114]
Pevensey, [235]
Pictland, [18]
Poets (called “bards” or “skalds”), [107], [135], [190], [202–203]
Portents, [147], [151], [154–156], [166–167], [168], [228]
Priesthood in Norway, [86], [159]
“Prime-signing,” [66]
Radbard, s. of Ragnar Lodbrog, [18]
Ragnar Lodbrog, [5], [11] n., [15], [113];
origin of his sobriquet, [15], [16];
his kingdom in Britain, [18];
his death, [19], [20];
his death-song, [21];
sons of, [14], [26], [29], [31], [37]
Ragnhild, m. of Harald Fairhair, [39]
Ragnvald, E. of More, [43–44], [108–111]
“Raven Banner,” [30], [114], [152–154]
Reading, [27]
Richard the Fearless, Duke of Normandy, [35], [182]
Richard the Good, Duke of Normandy, [184–185], [195]
Rolf, or Rollo “the Ganger,” [35], [52], [109–110], [218]
Rome, [29], [192]
Ross, [48], [108]
Russia, [92], [96], [209]
Russian slaves, [92], [123–124]
Sacrifices, Pagan, [85], [86–87], [113] and n., [159]
Sagas—
Egils, [6], [60], [63–65];
Ynglinga, [11];
Laxdæla, [47], [121], [122]
Sandwich, [183], [184], [223]
Saxo “Grammaticus,” [14] n., [16] n.
Saxon Pilgrims in Rome, [29];
Saxon Sword, [56];
Saxon Poetry, [34]
Saxony, [18]
Scandinavia, [6], [183]
Scarborough, [229]
Scilly Isles, [92]
Scotland, [18], [20], [37], [43], [48–49], [52], [55], [60], [108], [135], [194], [238];
Scottish warriors, [74]
“Second Sight,” belief in, [157], [167]
Shannon, River, [136]
Shetland Isles, [5], [36], [42], [43], [108], [111], [114]
“Shield-burgh” of soldiers, [71]
Ships of War, called “Dragon-ships,” [95], [101–107], [111], [196], [201], [203–206];
iron-plated, [103];
lashed together, [104];
prepared for war, [129–130];
as gifts, [57];
(and see “Boats”)
Sigrid “the Haughty” (w. of Sweyn), [101], [181]
Sigurd “the Mighty,” Earl of Orkney, [43], [108–109]
Sigurd “the Stout,” Earl of Orkney, [113], [114–116], [144–146], [152–154], [157], [158]
Sigurd, s. of Magnus “Barefoot,” [242]
Sigurd, Earl of Lade, [78–79], [83], [86–87]
Sigvalde, Earl, [101], [102], [103]
Sigvat (Norse poet), [189–190] and n., [202–203]
Silver, chests of, [76–77]
Sitric, Danish lord of Dublin, [119]
Sitric “Gale,” King of Northumbria, [58–59], [60], [78], [118]
Sitric “Silken beard,” Danish King of Dublin, [139] and n., [140], [142–143], [144–146], [148–149]
Siward or Sigurd, “Snake eye,” [17], [18]
Skalligrim, f. of Egil, [63–64]
Skarphedinn, s. of Nial, [157], [161–164], [167–175]
Slavery, [92], [121], [122], [123–126]
Somerset, [23], [30]
Southampton, [180]
Southwark, [188–189], [223]
Stafford, [53]
Stamford Bridge, B. of, [230–236] and n.
Stiklestad, B. of, [209], [216], [236]
Stord, B. of, [90]
St Brice’s Day, Massacre of, [182–183]
Strathclyde, [52], [61]
Sudreys, [43] and n., and see [Hebrides]
Surrey, [25], [26]
Sussex, [22], [23], [26]
Svold, B. of, [102–105], [181], [186], [193]
Sweyn “Forkbeard,” King of Denmark and England, [55], [101], [179–185], [187], [191], [192], [193], [209]
Sweyn, or Svein, n. of Canute, King of Denmark, [213–214], [227];
Sweyn, s. of Canute, [216]
Sweyn, Godwin’s son, [223]
Sweyn, Asleif’s son, [244–248]
Sweden, [18], [39], [40], [123], [199], [213], [215]
(and see [Olaf, King of Sweden])
Swedes, King of, [15], [101–102]
Tadhg “of the Towers,” King of Connaught, [119]
Tamworth, [53], [59]
Temple pillars, [47–48]
Thorstein, “the Red,” [48–49], [108]
Thorstein, s. of Hall “o’ the Side,” [153–154]
Thames, River, [25], [27], [188–189], [194], [217]
“Thing” and “Thing-mote,” [46], [83], [86] and n., [93], [99], [208], [231]
Thing-men or Soldiers, [189]
Thora, Ragnar’s wife, [17]
Thora, m. of Hakon “the Good,” [78]
Thord, Kari’s son, [172–173], [175]
Thorer, a Norwegian lord, [207]
Thorer, a woman, [97]
Thorer “Klakka,” [96–97]
Thorfin “Skull splitter,” [114]
Thorkill “the Tall,” [53–54], [183], [185], [187], [193–195] and n.
Thorolf, s. of Skalligrim, [63], [65–66], [71–77]
Tomar’s Wood, [148], [150], [151]
Tosti, Godwin’s son, [223], [224], [226–229], [232–235]
Trondhjem, [41]
Trygve, f. of Olaf Trygveson, [91], [96]
Turgesins, or Thorgils, [45]
Turlough, King Brian’s grandson, [149]
Ubba, s. of Ragnar Lodbrog, [18], [29], [30]
“Udal-right,” [83], [113] and n.
Ulf, Earl, [213], [215–216]
Ulf “the Red,” [104]
Ulster, [117], [142], [239], [242];
Murtough, King of, [117–120]
Unn, or Aud, “the deep minded,” [47–51], [108], [122]
Valgard “the Guileful,” [160]
Valland, [110]
Vidkun Jonson, [242–243]
Vige, Olaf’s Irish hound, [94–95]
Viken, in Norway, [110]
Vikings, [15], [43], [145–146];
raids of, [18], [42], [108–109], [111], [244–248];
as traders, [6];
kingdom of, [14]
Vin-heath, [66–67]
Wales, [22], [23], [53], [57–59], [137], [237]
Warwick, [53]
Waterford, [46]
Wedmore, [32]
Week, names of, [85]
Wessex, [12], [22], [25], [26], [27], [33], [38], [193]
Wight, Isle of, [25], [184], [223], [228]
William the Conqueror, [35], [42], [197] n., [218], [225], [229], [235];
his genealogy, [35]
Wiltshire, [23], [30], [31]
Winchester, [184], [199], [210], [212], [218], [222]
Woden, or Odin, [20], [21], [78], [85], [167], [190];
his goblet, [85], [87]
Worcester, [217]
Ynglinga Saga, [11]
York, City of, [14], [19], [53], [57], [84], [113], [229], [231];
B. of, [19]
Yorkshire, [13]
Yule, or Christmas, [85–86], [144]
Zealand, [16]