[10] I Skid (orig.). In the Fl. Ms. ístrid e. to war.
[11] The inhuman practice here described was common in those times. From the Landnamaboc we learn that Olver first discouraged this custom. We read, Olver did not permit tossing infants from spear to spear as was usual among pirates, and was therefore surnamed Barna-kall or the protector of Infants.
[12] Jol (orig.). The great brumal festival among the Scandinavians. Hence the Scotch word Yule, i.e., Christmas.
[13] Nid-ar-os (orig.), i.e., the mouth of the river Nid, now Drontheim.
[14] Vikor (orig.), now Bahus in Sweden.
[15] Elfa, the river at Gottenburg.
[16] An Earl of Sweden and father-in-law to Haco the younger.
[17] Liodhusa, a town of Sweden demolished a.d. 1268.
[18] May 3.
[19] i.e., the hilly country. Harald Harfager divided his kingdom into several counties, each of which was to fit out a squadron of ships on an emergency. The counties were again divided into skipreidor, or smaller districts, each of which furnished a single vessel properly equipped.