[49] Breida-fiardar (orig.), i.e. Broad bay. The firth of Forth.
[50] St Olave's day, July 29.
[51] Mula in Irish and Icelandic signifies a cape or beak.
[52] Kata-nes (orig.), i.e. the promontory of Cadtav or Cathness. Cathness was particularly exposed to the inroads of the Norwegians. On this account great numbers of the inhabitants retired into Murray and the adjacent counties, where they were afterwards known by the name of Clan-Chattan.
[53] i.e., the promontory, or Cathness.
[54] Baug-gerdar (orig.), i.e. imposer of rings. Baug signifies anything circular, therefore, in compounded words, it is not easy to discern when it denotes rings or shields, &c. See note on ringa, p. 19.
[55] This eclipse happened on the 5th of August 1263.
[56] St Laurence's wake or vigil, 9th of Aug.
[57] Cathness by the ancient Britons was called Pentîr, i.e. the headland, whence the neighbouring firth had its name.
[58] i.e. John the Queen, perhaps the ancestor of the McQueens.