FOOTNOTES
[1] Webster, Readings in Medieval and Modern History, chapter vii, "The Saga of a Viking"; chapter viii, "Alfred the Great"; chapter ix, "William the Conqueror and the Normans in England."
[2] See page 67.
[3] The word perhaps comes from the old Norse vik, a bay, and means "one who dwells by a bay or fiord." Another meaning assigned to Viking is "warrior."
[4] See the illustration, page 240.
[5] The word is derived from old Norse segya, "to say"; compare German sagen.
[6] "Hall of the slain."
[7] "Choosers of the slain."
[8] See page 312.
[9] The Icelanders in 1874 A.D. celebrated the thousandth anniversary of the Scandinavian settlement of their island.
[10] Russia in 1862 A.D. celebrated the millenary of her foundation by Ruric.
[11] The Norse word for "fort" is preserved in the gorod of Novgorod.
[12] See page 335.
[13] See page 358.
[14] See the illustration, page 310.
[15] "Norman" is a softened form of "Northman."
[16] In 1911 A.D. Normandy celebrated in the ancient capital of Rouen the thousandth anniversary of its existence.
[17] See pages 315, 317.
[18] The abolition of the French monarchy dates from 1792 A.D., when Louis XVI was deposed from the throne.
[19] See page 320.
[20] The east of England contains more than six hundred names of towns ending in by (Danish "town"), compare by-law, originally a law for a special town.
[21] "Meeting of wise men." The word gemot or moot was used for any kind of formal meeting.
[22] See page 556.
[23] See page 325.
[24] See page 317.