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

[269]. Cf. also Liosvetninga Saga, c. 9; An’s Saga Bogsveigis, c. 4; Gunnlaug Ormstunga’s Saga, c. 10.

[270]. He had been brought up in Ireland.

[271]. Their foot-gear was made of undressed ox-hide.

[272]. Cf. also Göngu Hrolf’s Saga, ix.

[273]. Cf. also Egil’s Saga, c. 40; Gisli Sursson’s Saga.

[274]. Cf. also Gretti, 77; Ingi’s Saga, 11; Olaf Tryggvason, vol. ii., c. 160; Fornmanna Sögur.

[275]. A piece belonging to a chess board.

[276]. Cf. also Fœreyinga Saga, c. 13; St. Olaf’s Saga, c. 112.

[277]. Odin = poetry.

[278]. Skaldskap = scald-ship, derived from skald, a poet.