[Page 40, line 3]. ‘Holmgang’ so called in Norway because the two combatants retired alone to a holm or uninhabited islet to fight.—Translator.
[Page 48, line 1]. Mandseidet in Stadland.
[Page 55, line 15]. The Russian name Wsevolod.
[Page 57, line 22]. According to English sources Olaf was lying with his fleet off Southampton during the winter of 994-995. He received instruction there in Christianity from English bishops, and was confirmed in the spring of 995, on which occasion King Ethelred was his sponsor. He returned home to his country early in the summer.
[Page 59, line 28]. Rimul now the farm of Romol (Guldalen) on the west side of the Gula river, opposite Melhus.
[Page 66, line 33]. The note corresponding to this marker is missing.
[Page 72, line 6]. The ‘Sogn-sea’ formed the boundary between Sogn and Hordaland so that the territory given to Erling was Hordaland, Rogaland, and the western part of Agder, as far as the Naze.
[Page 74, line 4]. So-called because he ‘rooted in the soil,’ i.e., practised agriculture.
[Page 74, line 11]. This is not historical. Olaf the Saint was not christened until he was full grown. According to the oldest sources he was baptized in Rouen by Archbishop Robert, the brother of Duke Richard.
[Page 76, line 21]. April 16, 998.