[249]. Cf. Kormak, c. iii.; Hörd’s Saga, c. 21.
[250]. Cf. Hervarar Saga, 15.
[251]. Lysigull (bright gold) probably meant yellow gold, and we find that red gold is also often mentioned.
[252]. Tungli has the same meaning as Mani, namely moony; tungl = máni = moon.
[253]. “Players” seems to mean jesters, fools.
[254]. Cf. also Njala, c. 59.
[255]. Öfundarbót = indemnity paid for intentional outrage.
[256]. Ragnar Lodbrok’s Saga.
[257]. This valuable piece of work contains 72 distinct scenes, 623 persons, 202 horses and mules, 55 dogs, 505 divers animals, 41 ships and boats, 49 trees—in all, 1,512 distinct objects. And well worth while, indeed, is a journey to Bayeux for the special object of seeing it. The historical part does not take up more than 11 inches; in the space above and below there is a border, where lions, birds, dragons and fantastic objects are represented. The most accurate work on it that has been published is ‘La Tapisserie de Bayeux, reproduction d’après nature en 79 planches photographiques, avec un texte historique, descriptif et antique, par Jules Comte, conservateur du dépôt légal au ministère de l’instruction publique et des beaux arts. Paris. J. Rothschild, éditeur, 13, Rue des Saints-Pères. 1878.’
[258]. Eyrbyggja, 51.