“Olaf Tryggvason burnt the hall of the seid-man Eyvind Kelda who escaped through the Ljóri (the light-hole in the roof)” (Olaf Trygg, c. 69).
We find that turf was occasionally used as fuel.
“Einar sailed westward to Shetland, and many men joined him. After that he went southward to the Orkneys, against Kalf Skurfa and Thorir (Treskegg). There a great battle was fought, and both the Vikings were slain.
‘He gave Treskegg to the Trölls;
Torfeinar slew Skurfa:
He conquered the islands.’
“After that he conquered the islands, and became a powerful chief. He was the first man to cut turf from the ground for fuel at Torfnes (Turfness) in Scotland, for fuel was scarce in the islands” (Flateyjarbók, vol. i., p. 223).
Fig. 1111.—Carved wooden work, with runes, Thorpe Church, Hallingdal. 1
18 real size.
