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

[416]. Snilling = master of speech.

[417]. He was married to Æthelred’s daughter (see preceding page).

[418]. In the north of England.

[419]. Karlsa, or Karl’s river, said to be Garonne.

[420]. After his death he was the saint or patron of Norway.

[421]. Cf. also Knytlinga Saga, c. 7 to 9; St. Olaf, c. 23.

[422]. This shows that Valland was in the west of France.

[423]. Knut the Great’s English campaigns are told by three poets, Sighvat, Ottar the Black, and Thórd Kolbeinsson.

[424]. Knut (Canute) reigned from A.D. 1014–1035, and was succeeded by his son Harald.

[425]. Hlokk of horns = valkyrja of horns = woman.