[445]. Cf. Harald Hardrádi at Stamfordbridge.
[446]. Hella = a plain of ice, a cover of ice.
[447]. Eykt—the word is found in the early Christian laws—Kristinrett of Thorlak and Ketil, two bishops in Iceland—where it is defined as the time of the day when the sun has passed two parts of the south-west and the other third is left.
[448]. Dagmál, the early meal in Iceland, which is now from 8.30 A.M. to 9.00 A.M.
[449]. Probably Indians, as Esquimaux did not live so far south.
[450]. I.e., who had been left at the booths.
[451]. Evidently the Christian writer, abhorring the heathen people, attributed the plague to them and also the unnatural talk of the dead, which was, perhaps, invented by him.
[452]. Thorstein the Red was slain by the Scots about 888.
[453]. Plutei: machines covered with claies and skins of oxen, used to protect sappers.
[454]. Crates: large bucklers made of osiers.