The Viking Age. Volume 1 (of 2) / The early history, manners, and customs of the ancestors of the English-speaking nations

by Paul B. Du Chaillu

[225]. Cf. also Hakon Adalsteinsfostri’s Saga, c. 15; Olaf Tryggvason (Hkr.), c. 28.

[226]. Cf. Hakon Adalsteinsfostri’s Saga, c. 15. Snorri’s Olaf Tryggvason, c. 28.

[227]. See chapter on Godis, p. [525].

[228]. Olaf Tryggvason in Fms. ii. 173.

[229]. See p. [496], a landowner.

[230]. St. Olaf 115, Heimskringla.

[231]. Ynglinga, 47. Snorri’s Olaf Tryggvason, 16.

[232]. Sometimes the expenses devolved on the king, at others the feasts were provided for by the food and ale brought by those in attendance (Hakon Adalsteinsfostri, 16, 18). How far people went for sacrifices is seen in Landnáma v., 8.

[233]. Eyrbyggja, 4, 10.

[234]. In Herraud’s Saga, ch. 12, the toasts are given in different order. The first toast is dedicated to Thor; then one to all the Asar; then one to Odin; and lastly, one to Frey.