[101.] Quoted from memory.
[102.] Njorvasound, the Straits of Gibraltar; so called from the first Norseman who sailed through them. His name was Njorve. See Ann. for nordisk Oldkyndighed, Vol. I, p. 58.
[103.] See [note, page 221].
[104.] Svithjod the Great, or the Cold, is the ancient Sarmatia and Scythia Magna, and formed the great part of the present European Russia. In the mythological sagas it is also called Godheim; that is, the home of Odin and the other gods. Svithjod the Less is Sweden proper, and is called Mannheim; that is, the home of the kings, the descendants of the gods.
[105.] The Saracens’ land (Serkland) means North Africa and Spain, and the Saracen countries in Asia; that is, Persia, Assyria, etc.
[106.] Blueland, the country of the blacks in Africa, the country south of Serkland, the modern Ethiopia.
[107.] Tartareans.
[108.] Kalmuks.
[109.] Mongolians.
[110.] The Tanais is the present Don river, which empties into the Sea of Asov.