[13]. Pronounced week and beer, respectively.
[14]. There are more Danish place names in Lincolnshire than in all the rest of England south of the Humber. North of the Humber the largest number is to be found in the East Riding.
[15]. Pronounced exactly like the Anglian word wīc.
[16]. Pronounced yarl
[17]. This is the old Norse word for our ‘Villain!’
[18]. The holmgang was a duel fought according to fixed rules on a piece of ground specially marked out for the purpose. In earlier times it was fought on a holm, or island, whence the name.
[19]. Pronounced Yór-wik.
[20]. To ‘gang’ meant to walk, and Rolf the Ganger was given this nickname because, being extra tall, he found it more comfortable to walk when on land than to ride one of the small ponies of his native country.
[21]. Pronounced Kóp-si-ga.
[22]. Tharlesthorp is one of the ‘lost towns of the Humber.’ Its probable site is marked on the map on the opposite page.