[158] Ibid., ii., c. 9.
[159] Florence tells us that Thurkil's wife bore the name Edith (Chronicon, i., 183). The Jómsvikingasaga (c. 52) has Thurkil marry Ethelred's daughter Ulfhild, Ulfketel's widow. However, Ethelred had a daughter Edith who was married to Eadric. (Florence, Chronicon, i., 161.) For a discussion of the subject see Freeman, Norman Conquest, i., Notes nn and ss.
[160] Snorre, Saga of Earl Hakon, c. 3.
[161] American Historical Review, xv., 727.
[162] Snorre, Saga of Saint Olaf, c. 30.
[163] She was sister of the earls Ulf and Eglaf. Her Danish name was Gytha, which the Saxons changed to Edith.
[164] Simeon of Durham, Opera Omnia, ii., 197.
[165] Ethelwerd and Godric. Ethelwerd was exiled in 1020.
[166] Leofwine had a son named Northman, and it is possible that his father also bore that name. See Freeman, Norman Conquest, i., Note ccc. The occurrence of the name "Northman" in a family living in or near the Danelaw may indicate Norse ancestry.
[167] For the court poetry of the scalds see Vigfusson and Powell, Corpus Poeticum Boreale, ii. Their verses have in part come down to us. See below, pp. 292 ff.