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

by Paul B. Du Chaillu

[152]. Cf. also Olaf Tryggvason’s Saga, i. 89; Fornmanna Sögur.

[153]. They were called Stafnbúar, stem or prow men.

[154]. East voyage = voyage in the East Baltic (Russia, &c.).

[155]. Cf. also Olaf Tryggvason’s Saga, c. 115.

[156]. The narrow room, the third room or space from the stern.

[157]. Cf. also St. Olaf, 185, 186; Njala, c. 30.

[158]. Svein Ulfsson was the son of Ulf jarl and Astrid, the sister of Knut the Great. He carried on long war against King Magnus the Good, and at last was acknowledged as King of Denmark. This was about the middle of the 11th century.

[159]. This refers to a general superstition.

[160]. The Serpent glided past the point of the island slowly.

[161]. Sacrifice lasted longer in Sweden than in Norway or Denmark.