[14]. Olaf Tryggvason’s Saga, Flateyjarbók, chap. [180], in Appendix.
[15]. This was done by hewing the ribs from the backbone, and tearing out the heart and lungs.
[16]. Bœndr, the odal landholders. (See note on this word, [chap. i.] of the Saga.)
[17]. Olaf Tryggvason’s Saga, Flateyjarbók, chap. [183], in Appendix.
[18]. Finnleik has been conjectured to be Finlay, the father of Macbeth.
[19]. Olaf Tryggvason’s Saga, Flateyjarbók, chap. [184], in Appendix.
[20]. Ibid. chap. 185.
[21]. This is probably the Celtic name Maelbrigd. Though it is suggestive of Macbeth, the date is too early for Macbeth MacFinlay.
[22]. The locality of Skida Myre has been identified by Munch with the Loch of Scister, in the parish of Canisbay. It seems rather to be indicated by the modern Skitten, as the name formerly applied to the great tract of moorland in the north-west corner of the parish of Wick, now generally known as the Moss of Kilmster.
[23]. Olaf Tryggvason’s Saga, Flateyjarbók, chap. [186], in Appendix.