[142]. See battle of Svold, p. [188].
[143]. Cf. also Egil’s Saga, c. 55, 72; St. Olaf, 148; Fagrskinna, 42.
[144]. Phosphorescent, looking like fire at night.
[145]. That is, swells as high as a mound.
[146]. The sea is compared to snow lying in heaps or drifts.
[148]. Heimskringla says 600 ships.
[149]. The English chronicles mention numerous instances of large fleets descending on various parts of the coast, of which the following are a few:—
In the year 860, in the time of Ethelred a large fleet came to the land, and the crews stormed Winchester.
In the year 893 the Danish army came, from the east westward to Boulogne, and their war ships. They landed at the mouth of the Limne with 250 ships (this is in the eastern part of Kent).