Norse occupied fertile parts, [1];
freed from Norse influence in 1266, [1] ;
inventory of ancient monuments, [2];
writing began in 12th cent., [2];
Orkneyinga Saga only record before 12th cent.;
earlier notices, [3];
land and people at arrival of Norsemen, [6] , et. seq., all owned by Hugo Freskyn, [55];
earl Harald Slettmali seated in, [58] ;
seldom visited by earl Paul, [60];
Frakark burnt alive, [64];