23. Compare the Norman faculty of adaptation with that of the Arabs.
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.