CHAPTER XLI. THE END OF BARDI. (Part 2)

THORBIORN the Thick, digri, of Frodis-water, son of Worm the Slender, was married first to Thurid, the daughter of Asbrand of Combe, afterwards to Thurid, daughter ofBorkthe Thick, half-sister of Snorri the Priest, 26, 27 ; summons Geirrid of Mewlithe for having tormented his son Gunnlaug as a ride-by-night, 29, 30 ; his stud-horses on the fellpastures are lost one autumn, 32 ; sends Odd, Katla's son, to Cunning-Gils to learn what has become of them, 32 ; misled by Odd's " slippery " account of Gils' message, he suspects Thorarin the Swart of Mewlithe, though innocent, of horsestealing, and goes to ransack the house of Mewlithe (for horseflesh), 33, 34 (cf. 52); fights with Thorarin the Swart at Mewlithe, and is slain by him at CombeGarth, and laid in cairn by his wife, 35-38 ; the bloodsuit after him taken up by Snorri the Priest, 50-52;

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shortly afterwards his widow married Thorod Scatcatcher, 72.

THORBIORN, son of Vifil (who was a freedman of Aud the Deep-minded, and dwelt at Vifilsdale), aids Eric the Red in the blood-suit brought against him by Thorgest the Old, 54.

THORBRAND, son of Snorri Thorbrandson, fell in Vineland, 135.

THORBRAND, J>orbrandr, son of Thorfin of Swanfirth, 1 1 ; his freedmen Ulfar and Orlig buy for themselves lands from Thorolf Halt-foot, 13; fights with Thorstein Codbiter against the Kiallekings for the sanctity of the soil of Thorsness Thing, 15, 16 ; fosters Snorri the Priest, 20 ; had for wife Thurid, daughter of Thorfin Sel-Thorison, 20 ; calls on his sons to help Arnkel in the second burial of Thorolf Halt-foot, 91 ; interprets two visions, reported by his men, as foreboding troubles to him and his sons, 112, 113; busies himself with other peacemakers in separating the fighters in the battle of Swanfirth, 123.

THORBRANDSONS, the five sons of Thorbrand Thorfinson of Swanfirth : Thorleif Kimbi, Snorri, Thorod, Thorfin, Thormod, 20 ; give aid to

Eric the Red, when prosecuted by Thorgest the Old for the slaughter of his sons, 54; claim in vain at Arnkel's hands the inheritance of Orlig of Orligstead, and vainly pray Snorri for aid in the matter, 82, 83; at Thorolf Halt-foot's urging they attempt to seize on Ulfarsfell after the murder of Ulfar, but, finding Arnkel already in possession, desist, 85 ; are again refused aid in the matter by Snorri, 85, 86 ; lend Arnkel reluctant aid to bury Halt-foot a second time, 90, 91 ; at an autumnfeast at Holyfell they fall to pairing of men at Snorrls' expense, but enter an ailiance with him in the enp to take Arnkel's life, 95-97 ; their violence so feared that no one dared tenant Ulfarsfelland Orligstead, 97; they band together with Snorri, and slay Arnkel at Ulfarsfell in the night, 97-100; they play at turf-play about their booth at Thorsness Thing, 109; they go on an armed onset against Arnbiorn of Bank, which Snorri with his folk thwarts in time, no, in; they bribe their father's thrall, Egil the Strong, to go and assassinate one or other of the Broadwick men, 113; they precipitate the fight of Swan-

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firth and bear themselves valiantly, 119-123; they bring about the battle of Swordfirth with the Eredwellers, in which they come to grief, 125-129.

THORD, )>6rSr, of Broadford, loses at the Althing two peculiarly coloured horses, greatly valued by him, 196; has these horses restored to him through Bardi by Thorarin of Lechmote, 208, 209.

THORD Fox, Melrakki, a fosterling of Gudmund of Asbiorn's-ness, one of Bardi's following, 202, 221, 228; heavy work laid on him by Bardi, and stoutly carried out, 205-207.

THORD Hesthofdi, son of Snorri, of Stead in Skagafirth, harbours Kollgris after the Heath - battle, 249, 250.

THORD the Yeller, Gellir, son of Olaf Feilan and brotherin-law to Thorstein Codbiter, 14; settles peace between Thorstein and the Kiallekings after the fight at Thorsness Thing, 16-18 ; setting up the Quarter Things, he ordained Thorsness Thing to be the Quarter Thing of the Westfirth ers, 18; father of Eyolf the Gray, 23.

i. THORD Kausi, >6r5r kausi, i.e. the Cat, son of Snorri

the Priest, sent by his father with his priest and Kiartan his nephew to put an end to the hauntings of Frodiswater, 151 ; dwelt in Dufgusdale, 185, 189.

2. THORD Kausi, baseborn son of Snorri the Priest, 189.

THORD, son of Sturla Thiodrekson, married to Hallbera, the daughter of Snorri the Priest, 184.

THORD, son of Sturla Thordson of Hwamm, 185.

THORD, son of Thorgils the Eagle, who was the son of Hallstein,the Priest of Hallstein-ness, 135.

THORD Wall-eye, bligr, son of Thorlak Asgeirson of Ere and Thurid, daughter of Audun Stote, 2 1 ; dwelt at the place called Cnear within Broadwick, 104 ; chaffs Biorn on the fatherhood of Kiartan of Frodiswater, 105, 106; refuses insultingly to consent to his sister Helga marrying Thorleif Kimbi, 108, 109; is smitten by a large piece of turf under the poll at Thorsness Thing, wherefrom an armed fight befell, 109; so eager - tempered, that he could not be allowed to play with his equals at Playhalls, 112; sits beside the game, and, with Biorn the Broadwickers' Champion, does mess- ward's ser-

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vice and discovers the assassin Egil, 115; betakes himself with those of Broadwick to bring the thrall'sgild to Swanfirth, fights in the ensuing battle, and is left severely wounded at Ere, 116-122; is healed of his wound by Yuletide, and joins in the fight of Swordfirth, 124-127; his wound at the Swanfirth fight atoned for, 131.

THORDIS, )>6rdis, d. of Asmund the Long-hoary, married to Glum, the son of Uspak of Ere, 171.

THORDIS, by-named Gefn, a widow dwelling at Bank, 200, 209.

THORDIS, daughter of Snorri the Priest and Hallfrid, the daughter of Einar, married to Bolli, the son of Bolli and Gudrun, the daughter of Osvif, 184, 189.

THORDIS, daughter of Thorbiorn Sur (only called Sur in this story), was married : —

1. To Thorgrim the Priest, son of Thorstein Codbiter, whom she bore the posthumous son Thorgrim, generally known as Snorri the Priest, 20.

2. To Bork the Thick, brother of her former husband, 20, 190 ; ordered by him to give

good cheer to her brother's slayer, Eyolf the Gray, she makes an attempt on the latter's life, 23 ; divorces Bork, 25 ; her bones taken out of earth,

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THORFIN, J?orfinnr, son of Fingeir of Swanfirth, 1 1 ; fights with Thorstein Codbiter for the sanctity of Thorsness Thing against the Kiallekings, 15, 1 6.

THORFIN, son of Gudlaug the Wealthy of Streamfirth, 179.

THORFIN, son of Sel-Thorir of Redmel, father-in-law of Thorbrand of Swanfirth, 20,

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THORFIN, son of Thorbrand of Swanfirth, 20.

THORFIN Karlsefni (son of Thord Hesthofdi), goes to Vineland the Good, 135.

THORFINNA, the Skald-woman of Thorwardstead, mother to Eyolf and sister to Tanni, 232.

THORGAUT, forgautr, evidently of Thorgautstead, not of Sleylech, owner of a good weapon which LyngTorfi gets away from him, 197, 198, cf. 215, 216, and 235, 236 ; is at work in his stithy when his son Gisli is brought dead to him, 224, 229 ; opposes at first laying chase to Bardi, but after-

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wards joins in it, 230, 231 ; fights against Thorberg in the first brunt of the battle on the Heath, and is slain by Bardi, 235-237.

THORGEIR, J>orgeirr, of Asgarth's-knolls, married to Halldora, the daughter of Snorri the Priest, 184.

THORGEIR, son of Geirrod of Ere, in Landna" ma surnamed Staple, Kengr, allies himself with Thorstein Codbiter to enforce the sanctity of the soil of Thorsness Thing, and fights with him against the Kiallekings to that end, 15, 1 6.

THORGEIR, son of Havar, 154.

THORGERD, J>orgerftr, daughter of Thorbein, wife to Vigfus Biornson of Drapalith, 13, 52 ; goes from one to another of the chiefs to get them to take up the bloodsuit after her husband, which, at last, is taken in hand by Arnkel the Priest, 62-65.

THORGERD, daughter of Thorbrand of Swanfirth, 20 ; married to Thormod, son of Thorlak of Ere, 108 ; refuses to go to bed with her husband after the battle of Swordfirth till she knows that his brother Bergthor is dead, 130.

THORGEST the Old of Woodstrand (son of Stein Muchsailing), goes between the

Thorsnessings and the Kiallekings fighting at Thorsness Thing, 15, 1 6 ; brought a lawsuit at Thorsness Thing against Eric the Red for the slaughter of his sons, 54.

THORGEST, son of Thorhall, see Guest, son of Thorhall.

THORGILS, -GISL, a Norw. skipper, takes on board for Iceland Hall Gudmundson, whom the Hareksons slay, keeps the murder secret for a year, receives reluctantly the moiety of Hall's goods at the hands of Bardi, 193.

THORGILS, son of Ari of Reekknolls, 154 ; goes north to Thwartwater in Eyiafirth to marry the daughter of Einar Eyolfson, brother to Gudmund the Rich, 209 ; coming from the north is persuaded by Snorri to pronounce the solemn formula of truce, not knowing that enemies, Bardi and his, were in the company, 244246 ; his regret in learning from Snorri the true story, 247 ; takes part in settling Bardi's affairs at the Althing, 248-250.

THORGILS, son of Gellir, father to Ari the Learned, 1 1 .

THORGILS the Eagle, son of Hallstein the Priest, the son of Thorolf Mostbeard,

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SOn Of Alf-a-Dales, commonly called Hallason, 154, 183.

THORGILS, son of Thorbein, brother toThorgerd, the wife ofVigfus Biornson of DrapaKtfa, 13-

THORGISL Hewer, hoggvandi, of Hewerstead, joins the chase for Bardi, 231, 232 ; tights in the second brunt of the battle on the Heath, and receives a mortal wound from Thorgisl, the son of Hermund, 238-240 ; no were-gild was paid in atonement of him, 249.

THORGISL of Middleham, first cousin of Gem's-Odd, a valiant man and a good skald, one of Bardi's followers, 200, 204, 210, 220.

THORGISL of Teramere, son of Hermund, Bardi's first cousin, joins his expedition to Burgfirth, 202, 220; fights his namesake, Th. Hewer, in the second brunt of the battle on the Heath, and wounds him severely in the face, 239, 240.

THORGRIM Burner, SvftSi, second husband of Thora, the daughter of Snorri the Priest, 184.

THORGRIM the Priest, son of Kiallak the Old, 1 2 ; joins his brother-in-law, AsgeirofEre, to break the sanctity of Thorsness Thing, 14; fights thereon with the Thorsness II. A A

folk, 15, 16; is ordered by Thord Yeller to maintain the temple of the Thorsnessings half at his and his Thingmen's costs, 17 ; Thord gives him his kinswoman, Thorhild, in marriage, ib. ; they live at Bearhaven, 20 ; strives with* Illugi the Black at Thorsness Thing about the jointure and dowry of Ingibiorg,. Asbiorn's daughter, 30, 31; his death, 31.

THORGRIM the Priest, son of ThorsteinCodbiter,born the year that his father died, first called Grim, but Thorgrim after being dedicated to Thor, 19; "was a chief as soon as he had age thereto," wedded Thordis Sur's daughter of Dyrafirth, slew VesteinVesteinson (see note to p. 20), and was killed in turn by his own brother-in-law, Gisli Surson, Vestein's foster-brother, 20.

THORGRIMA the Witchface, Galdrakinn, wife of Thorir Wooden-leg, 38 ; raises, at the bidding of Thorod the Scat-catcher, a wizard storm against Biorn the Broadwickers' Champion, 106-108; lives at Frodis-water on bad terms with Thorgunna, 138 ; falls sick from the hauntings at Frodis-water and dies and walks again in the company of her husband, 150-152.

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THORGUNNA, a South-island woman, arrives at Rib on Snowfellness in a keel of Dublin, noted for her costly personal belongings, 136; refuses Thurid of Frodiswater to sell her good things to her, yet goes to lodge at Frodis-water and there dights her bedroom with great splendour, 136, 137 ; stately of mien, queer of temper, yet exceeding well-mannered, 138; a shower of blood wets hay and tools and clothes of the haymakers, but all dries speedily again except what Thorgunna had to do with, 139, 140 ; she falls ill and makes her will bidding to be buried at Skalaholt, and that her bedgear should be burnt after her death, whereupon she dies, 140, 141 ; she is brought to Skalaholt, and on the way walks again, 142-144; her bedgear is not burnt (hence the hauntings of Frodiswater), 142, cf. 147 ; but on being burnt the ghosts obey the jurisdiction of a doordoom and depart, 151, 152.

THORHALL, goodman of lorvi, 190; slain by Stir, 191.

THORHILD, daughter of Thorkel Main-acre, kinswoman (others say "daughter") of Thord the Yeller, wife of Thorgrim the Priest, son of

Kiallak, 17 ; lives with her husband at Bearhaven, 20.

THORHILD, baseborn daughter of Snorri the Priest, 189.

THORIR Hound, Hundr, of Birchisle in Halogaland (created baron by King Olaf the Holy), 184, 259.

THORIR, son of Gullhord, dwelt at Tongue in Bitter, and had the wardship there of the drift-rights of Sturla Thiodrekson of Saurby, 158; is robbed by Uspak of a quantity of whale-flesh, 158160 ;' he intercepts Uspak returning with spoil from Thambardale, and puts him to flight, 161-163.

THORIR Wooden-leg, son of Ern of Ernknoll, joins Thoiv biorn the Thick in ransacking the house of Thorarin the Swart of Mewlithe, 33 ; loses his leg in the fight that ensued, 36 ; is healed, and goes with wooden leg afterwards, whence his nickname, 38 ; he and his sons blame Thorod Scat-catcher for putting up with Biorn Broadwickers' Champion's visits to Frodis-water, 73 ; lives with Thorod at Frodis-water, 138; knows how to account for the Moon of Weird appearing on the wall of the hall at night, 145 ; being attacked by the ghost of a lately dead shepherd at Frodis-water, he falls sick and dies, and walks

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again till expelled the house by a door-doom sentence, 146-152.

THORKEL Main-acre, "neighbour "of Thord the Yeller, and father-in-law to Thorgrim the Priest, son of Kiallak, 17.

THORKEL, son of Thorbiorn Sur, brother to Gisli Surson, 20.

THORLAK, son of Asgeir of Ere, married to Thurid, the daughter of Audun Stote, 21, 108.

THORLEIF, an Eastfirther and a vagabond, prays Snorri to take him in, but after a long talk with the latter goes to Arnkel on the same errand, and makes an attempt upon his life, and is slain by Arnkel, 94, 95,

THORLEIF, son of Snorri the Priest, dwelt on Midfellstrand, 185, 189.

THORLEIF Kimbi,sonofThorbrand of Swanfirth, 20; goes abroad with Snorri the Priest, 21 ; returns next year in a most showy fashion to his home in Swanfirth, 22; rates Snorri the Priest for his repeated refusals to back him and his brothers against Arnkel, 86; insults Snorri for cowardice, and receives from him as a gift an axe, and makes an alliance with him to take Arnkel's life, 96 ; sets boldly on Arnkel at

Orligstead, and is banished the country for three years as having given Arnkel his death-wound, 99, 101; takes berth on board a Norway craft in Streamfirth, and in the journey is smitten by Arnbiorn Asbrandson with a hot stirring stick and scalded, 101-103; comes back after two years to Iceland, 104; his wooing of Helga, daughter of Thorlak of Ere, thwarted by her brothers, Steinthor and Thord Wall-eye, 108, 109; leads his brothers on an armed onset against Arnbiorn of Bank, and beards Snorri attempting to stave it off, no ; by his rashness he brings about the battle of Swanfirth, and fights valiantly, 119-123; precipitates the battle of Swordfirth by shooting a spear at Steinthor's men, and mortally wounding his brother Bergthor, 125 ; in attempting to fetch Thord Wall-eye a death-blow, Steinthor smites his leg from him, 126; walked with a wooden leg ever after, 129; had atonement for his hurt at Thorsness Thing, 131; goes to Greenland and there lived to old age, 135.

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THORLEIK, son of Brand, a brother's son of Stir, goes with Snorri on his first as well as his second journey to Burgfirth in revenge for Stir, his father-in-law, 153,

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THORLIOT, Jjorljdtr, of Walls, or, asothers say, of Sleybrook, fights with Eric Wide-sight in the first brunt of the battle on the Heath, and is slain by Eric, 237, 238.

THORLIOT, Yeller's fosterling, gjallandafdstri, of Swinewater, one of Bardi's following, 201, 210, 220.

THORMOD, J>orm63r, son of Bork the Thick, goes with Snorri to fight Uspak of Ere in his work, 169.

THORMOD the Priest, son of Odd the Strong (a settler who dwelt at Redpoll-stead, Rau'Skollssta'Sir), on the northern littoral of Faxebay,

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THORMOD, son of Thorbrand of Swanfirth, 20.

THORMOD, son of Thorgaut, mows, with his brothers, Goldmead when Bardi falls upon them, 228; rides off to call out the chase after Bardi, 231, 232; fights in the third brunt of the battle on the Heath with Eyolf of Burg, whom he wounds severely, 241 ; but is himself sorely wounded in the battle, 242.

THORMOD, son of Thorlak Asgeirson of Ere and Thurid, the daughter of Audun Stote, 2 1 ; married to Thorgerd, the daughter of Thorbrand of Swanfirth, 108 ; dwelt at Bank on the southern side of Templewick, 116; joins his brother Steinth or to fetch a ten-oarer from Gruflunaust, and thus comes to fight with him the battle of Swordfirth, 124-127, 130; his son Kolli becomes the second husband of Sigrid, the daughter of Snorri the Priest,. 183.

THORMOD, son of Trefil, i.e.^ of Thorkel Welt (cf. Saga Lib. I., index), a poet, 62, 100, 122, 156.

THOROD, jioroddr, of Ternmere, son of Hermund, cousin of Bardi, joins his raid to Burgfirth, 202, 220; fights, in the first brunt of the battle on the Heath, with Thorbiorn of Walls, by whom he is severely wounded, 236, 237 ; yet he fights on in the second brunt, 239; but his wound was so heavy that he must be left on the field, 241 ; one of the Southerners coming upon the field ot deed with Illugi the Black, finding Thorod alive, smites off his head, 242 ; is atoned by being paired with Thorbiorn Brunison, 249.

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THOROD, by-named Kegward, KergarSr, kinsman of the sons of Gudmund, overtakes the lands and property of Bardi and his brothers for three years, 250, 251; refuses to restore the land when, destitute after the shipwreck in Eyiafirth, they claim it to sell it for money, 254.

THOROD Scat-catcher, of the Midfell-strand kindred, so called because on a trading voyage to Dublin he saved the tax-gatherers of Earl Sigurd Lodverson of Orkney, and lent them his cock-boat for a handsome sum out of the scat they had collected, 71, 72 ; marries Thurid, the sister of Snorri the Priest, and sets up house at Frodiswater, 72, 73 ; waylays, with the sons of Thorir Woodenleg, Biorn the Broadwickers' Champion for befooling his wife, and when they are slain runs away, 73, 74 ; gets Snorri to take up the blood-suit, 74,75 ; provoked by Biorn's visits, he bargains with Thorgrima Witchface to raise a storm at Biorn, 1 06, 107 ; invites Snorri to a summer feast, and invokes his aid against Biorn of Broadwick, 131, 132 ; becomes a Christian and builds a church at Frodis- water, 136; deals with Thorgunna, and

with her will, contrary to her behest, 139-144; bewildered by the Moon of Weird, 145 ; goes with a crew of five in a ten-oarer west to Snowfellness to fetch stockfish, is drowned with all hands, they all walk again at Frodiswater till expelled the house by a door-doom sentence, 147-152.

THOROD, son of Snorri the Priest, wounded, at the age of twelve, in the battle of Swanfirth, 120; his wound judged upon at Thorsness Thing, 131 ; fights Uspak of Ere in his work under his father's command, 169; dwells at Spaewife's-fell in Skagastrand, 185, 189.

THOROD, son of Thorbrand of Swanfirth, 20 ; married to Ragnhild, the daughter of Thord, 135; goes with his foster-brother Snorri the Priest to Norway, and returns in a year, 21, 22 ; aids Arnkel in giving a second burial to Thorolf Halt-foot, 91 ; is severely wounded in the battle of Swordfirth, and healed of his hurts by Snorri, 128, 129; remains behind when his two brothers go to Greenland, and makes Swanfirth his home, 1 35 ; goes with Snorri to Burgfirth on his first as well as his second journey of revenge for the slaughter of

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Stir, 153, 154; takes Swanfirth after the death of his father, farming also the tenements of Ulfar's-fell and Orligstead, 171 ; he digs up and burns the corpse of Halt-foot, 172 ; his legbroken cow, and the bull Glossy, which at last kills him, 173-179.

THOROLF Bladderpate, J>6r61fr Bloftruskalli, father to Vestar, the head of the line of the Ere-dwellers, n.

THOROLF Halt-foot, Baegifdtr, son of Biorn, the son of Bolverk Blinding-snout and of Geirrid of Burgdale, challenges Ulfar of Ulfar's-fell to a holmgang and slays him, but is himself maimed for life, 13 ; lived at Hvamm in Thorswaterdale, and sold Ulfar's-fell and Orligstead to Ulfar and Orlig, two freedmen of Thorbrand of Swanfirth, 13; his children and alliances, 13, 14 ; fights with Thorstein Codbiter for the sanctity of Thorsness Thing against the Kiallekings, 15, 16 ; grows evil-minded in old age> 75 ') ms dealings with Ulfar of Ulfar's-fell, 76-84;

. makes his slaves drunk at Yuletide, and sets them to burn Ulfar in his house, 79; plots against his son Arnkel for slaying his thralls, and bribes Snorri with the wood-

land of Crowness to set a lawsuit afoot for it against Arnkel, 80, 81 ; obtains only ordinary thrall's-gild for them, and is mightily angry at Snorri therefor, 81, 82 ; hires Cunning- Gils to slay Ulfar of Ulfar's-fell, 83, 84 ; seeing Gils come running from the murder, he warns Thorbrand's sons to at once take possession of Ulfar'sfell^, 85 ; claims back from Snorri the wood of Crowness, and, on being refused, goes to his son Arnkel and proposes that they two wrest it from him jointly: this being in vain, he goes home in an evil mood, and dies in the night sitting in his seat, 86-88 ; his evil appearance after death, and burial, 88, 89 ; his walking, 89-92 ; his second burial, 90-92 ; the first signs of his second walking-again, 112; on the death of Arnkel he walks more terribly than ever, 171; Thorod of Karstead, with his neighbours, burns his corpse at Haltfoot's-head by the sea, 172; he reappears in the shape of a dapple-grey bull, in company with a broken-legged cow of Thorod's, which afterwards bears a dapple-grey bull-calf that at last kills Thorod, and sinks for ever in Glossy's-well, 173-179-

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THOROLF, son of Heriolf Holkinrazi, married to Geirrid, daughter of Thorolf Haltfoot, their son was Thorarin the Swart of Mewlithe, 14.

THOROLF, son of Loft o' th' Eres, fought with Gyrd, the son of Earl Sigvaldi, 179.

THOROLF Mostbeard, Mostrarskegg, son of Ornolf the Fishdriver, a lord of the island of Most, harbours Biorn the Easterner for one winter in King Harald's despite, 5 ; his personal appearance and lordliness, 6 ; gives Biorn a longship to go west over the sea, ib. ; is outlawed by King Harald, ib. ; his devotion to Thor, who bids him go to Iceland, whither he takes Trier's temple with him : his journey to Iceland, arrival in Broadfirth, his land-take, where Thor's pillars came ashore, hallowed by fire : his setting up of house at Templestead, 6-8; his temple to Thor, and the worship therein described, 8, 9 ; his belief in the holiness of Holy Fell, 9; his enforcement of law and order in his land-take, and of the sanctity of the Thingstead, 9; his chieftain ways and largesse, ib. ; marries in old age a wife called Unn,

with whom he has a son, Thorstein Codbiter, 1 2 ; dies at Templestead, and was laid in ho we at Howsness, 14.

THORSTEIN, son of Gisli of By, shelters Guest after the slaying of Stir, 192 ; opposes, with other chiefs of Burgfirth, Snorri on his first journey to Burgfirth in revenge for the slaying of Stir, 153, 192; nonsuits Snorri at the Althing in this blood-suit, 154; is slain that same summer by Snorri, together with his son Gunnar, 154, 192.

THORSTEIN the Swart, Surtr, son of Hallstein, the son of Thorolf Mostbeard, fostered at his grandfather's (reformed the ancient Icelandic calendar A.D. 960. Isl. Bdk, ch. iv.), 1 2 ; has a homestead given him by his uncle Thorst. Codbiter (probably Templestead?), 18.

THORSTEIN Kuggison, 183.

THORSTEIN the Red, RauSr, son of Olaf the White and Auth the Deep-minded, 10 ; father of Osk, the wife of Hallstein, the son of Thorolf Mostbeard, 12.

THORSTEIN Snowshoe, Ondurr, father to Fingeir of Swanfirth, ii.

THORSTEIN Codbiter, forsteinn J^orskabitr, the son of Snorri the Priest, fights U-

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spak of Ere in his work under his father's command, 169; dwelt at Bathbrent, and became the forefather of the family called Asbiraings in Skagafiord, 185, 189.

THORSTEIN, son of Slaying Stir, 32.

THORSTEIN, of Hafsfirthisle, son of Thorgils, the son of Thorfin, the son of SelThorir of Redmel, married to Vigdis, daughter of Illugi the Black, opposes, with his father-in-law, Snorri on his first expedition to Burgfirth in revenge for Stir, 153 ; his dealings with Snorri and his folk at Thorsness Thing, which led to the separation of the priesthood of the Redmel men from the Thorsness Thing, and the setting up of a separate Thing of Streamfirth, 154-157.

THORSTEIN Codbiter, first named Stein, but Thorstein after being dedicated to Thor, son of Thorolf Mostbeard and Unn, 12 ; takes inheritance after his father, and marries Thora, daughter of Olaf Feilan, 14; fights the Kiallekings in defence of the holiness of his Thingfield, 14-16; has to submit to Thord Yeller's award in the matter, 16-18; Holyfell House first built by him (and Templestead bestowed on his kinsman

Thorstein the Swart?), 18; is drowned at five-andtwenty years of age, 19.

THORSTEIN Windy - Nose, Hreggnasi, the father of Thorbiorg, the wife of Slaying Stir, 32.

THORWALD, brother to Audolf of Audolfstead, 200.

THORUN the Horned, J>6runn Hyrna, daughter of Ketil Flatneb, 3; given in wedlock by her father to Helgi the Lean, 4.

THRAND the Strider, Stfgandi, son of Ingiald (the son of Alfarin, the son of Vali, who settled the western seaboard of Snowfellness), " by whom the homestead is named," is sent for by Snorri the Priest, and walks in one day from Ingiald's-knoll to Saelingsdale-tongue, 167 ; joins Snorri on his expedition against Uspak of Ere in his work there, and kills Raven the Viking in a great dash of valor, 169; returns and abides awhile with Snorri, 171; after living long at Ingiald's-knoll he takes up his abode at Thrandstead, q. v., 171.

THURID of Broadwick, daughter of Asbrand of Combe, and sister to Biorn the Broadwick Champion, was the first wife of Thorbiorn the Thick, 26, 27.

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Stote, wife to Thorlak, the son of Asgeir of Ere, 2 1 . THURID, daughter of Bork the Thick and Thordis Sur's daughter, married, first, to Thorbiorn the Thick of Frodis-water, 26 ; whom Thorarin the Swart slew at Combe-Garth, 36, 38 ; was said to stave off her sorrow well, 43 ; is taken to Holyfell by her half-brother Snorri the Priest, because of the visits to her by Biorn the Champion of the Broadwickers, 50; marries Thorod Scat-catcher, 72 ; continues to receive Biorn's visits, 72, 73; gives birth to her son Kiartan (claimed by Biorn the Broadwickers' Champion as his son), 75, 105, 106; receives again repeated visits of Biorn, 1051 08, 132, 134 ; bids eagerly for Thorgunna's fine things, and on having her refusal invites her to Frodis-water in hopes to get them in time, 136-138; prevails on her husband not to carry put Thorgunna's will in burning her bedgear, 142 ; falls sick from the hauntings at Frodis-water, but recovers on their being put an end to, 151, 152 ; receives by Gudleif, the son of Gudlaug, a message and gift from Biorn the Champion of Broadwick, 181, 182.

THURID, daughter of Illugi the Red, Snorri the Priest's second wife, 189, 257.

THURID, daughter of Olaf Peacock, as it is alleged, wife of Gudmund of Asbiorn'sness, and mother of Bardi and those brothers, 193, 202 ; her way of rousing a revengeful mood in her sons, 212, 213; rides off with the expedition in order to egg her sons on to big deeds, but is tricked out of the journey by Bardi's order, 213-215.

THURID the Wise, hin spaka, daughter of Snorri the Priest, married to Gunnlaug, the son of Steinthor of Ere, 184, 189.

THURID, daughter of Thord, the son of Sturla Thiodrekson and Hallbera, the daughter of Snorri the Priest, 184.

THURID, daughter of Thorfin Selthorison, wife to Thorbrand of Swanfirth, 20.

TIND, son of Hallkel of Hallkelstead, joins in the chasing of Bardi, 231, 232 ; fights in the third brunt of the battle on the Heath, 240.

TiNFORNi,son of ^Esa of Swineisle, second cousin once removed of Thorgrim Kiallakson, defendant in a suit brought by Illugi the Black for the recovery of his wife's jointure and dowry, 30,

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ULFAR, Ulfarr, a freedman of Thorbrand of Swanfirth, and brother to Orlig of Orligstead, 13; known for weather wisdom and lucky haymaking, 76; his dealings with Thorolf Halt-foot, 7684; robbed of his hay by Thorolf, he goes and sues for the protection of Arnkel the Priest, who pays him up his loss, 77, 78; on being saved by Arnkel from arson attempted by Thorolfs thralls, he handsels himself and all his into Arnkel' s ward, 79 ; shares with Arnkel his brother's goods at his death, which are claimed by the sons of Thorbrand, 82, 83 ; is slain by CunningGils on returning home from an autumn feast at Arnkel's,

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ULFAR the Champion, a companion of Geirrod of Ere, who " gave him lands about Ulfar's-fell," n; is challenged for his lands to holmgang by Thorolf Halt-foot and slain, 13.

UNN, Unnr, "some say she was daughter of Thorstein the Red, but Ari the Learned numbers her not among his children," wedded to Thorolf Mostbeard in his old age, 12.

UNN, al. Aud, Au$r, daughter of Snorri the Priest and his second wife, Thurid, the

daughter of Illugi the Red,, married first to Bardi Gudmundson, 183, 189, 256-258 ; secondly to Sigurd, the son of Thorir Hound of Birchisle, in Halogaland in Norway, 184, 259.

USPAK, the son of Glum, the son of Uspak of Ere (cf. vol. i., index), who strove with Odd Ufeigson in Midfirth, 171.

USPAK, son of Kiallak of Kiallaks-river, dwelt at Ere in Bitter, "unloved and the most unjust of men," 157 ; behaves un neighbourly towards Alf the Little, Snorri's agent, and Thorir of Tongue, Sturla Thiodrekson's agent, 157, 158; he let build a strong work at Ere, "a wondrous good fighting-stead," 158; robs Alf the Little and Thorir of Tongue of a quantity of whale-flesh, 158-160; he goes and robs in Thambardale, and is set upon by Thorir of Tongue, and after some fighting runs away and saves himself in his work at Ere, 161-163; his further misdeeds and death, 163-170.

VAL, Valr, son of Thorir Wooden-leg, 38 ; joins Thorod the Scat-catcher in waylaying Biorn the Broadwick Champion, by whom he is slain, 73-74.

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VEERINGS, mercenary troops in Russia, 258.

VEMUND Kogr, Vdmundr Kogr, one of three best skilled at arms in Iceland,

21.

VERMUND the Slender, son of Thorgrim the Priest, son of Kiallak the Old, 21; married to Gudny, the sister of Thorarin the Swart, 27; sets up house at Bearhaven on the death of his father, 3 1 ; takes up the case of Thorarin the Swart after the fight with Thorbiorn the Thick, 39-44 ; offers to go abroad with Thorarin, and, in company with Arnkel, gets a ship at Daymeal-ness for the purpose, and goes with Thorarin to Norway, 51, 52 ; becomes Earl Hakon's man, and, in recognition of his service gets from him two Swedish Bareserks, and takes them with him to Iceland, 55-58 ; finding them too troublesome he gets, in the end, his brother Stir to relieve him of them, 58, 59; he counsels Thorgerd whom to get to take up the bloodsuit after Vigfus of Drapalith, her husband, 63, 64 ; acts as umpire in the suit that Snorri brought against Arnkel for the slaying of the thralls of his father, 81, 82 ; acts again as umpire

and peacemaker between Steinthor and the sons of Thorbrand after the battles of Swanfirth and Swordfirth, 130, 131; is in Snorri's company when he goes to Burgfirth, the first time, to avenge the slaying of Stir, 153 ; his son Brand marries Sigrid, Snorri's daughter, 183.

VESTAR, Vestarr, son of Thorolf Bladderpate, a settler, who " took land west away from Whalefirth," so the true reading must be, see Whalefirth; he had his abode at Onward-ere, the family-seat of his descendants, the Ere-dwellers, n.

VESTEIN, son of Vestein, brother-in-law and foster-brother of Gisli Surson, slain by Thorgrim the Priest, the son of Thorstein Codbiter, 20.

VIDKUNN of Birchisle, son of Jon Arnison and Ranveig, the granddaughter of Snorri the Priest, the same Vidkunn being " one of the foremost among the barons of Norway," 184.

VIGDIS, daughter of Illugi the Black, wife of Thorstein Thorgilson of Hafsfirthisle, 153.

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12, 52 ; had for wife Thor- in return, 60-6 2; the next day

gerd, daughter of Thorbein, 13, 52; brings a suit into court at Thorsness Thing against Snorri the Priest for Mar Hallwardson's wounding of Biorn his (Vigfus') sister's son, and loses it, 53 ; sends his thrall, Swart the Strong, to slay Snorri the Priest, who escapes, and forthwith kills Vigfus

he is laid in cairn, ib. ; the blood-suit after him, 62-65. VILGEIR, son of Ottar, the son of Biorn the Easterner, 1 2.

WORM the Slender, father to Thorbiorn the Thick, 26.

YNGVILD, Yngvhildr, daughter of Ketil Wether, wife to Ketil Flatneb, 3.

II. PLACES.

Quotations under the signature K. refer to Dr. Kalund's Bidrag til en historisk-topografisk beskrivelse af Island, 2 vols. 8vo, Kj0benhavn, 187782 ; those under signature Th. to Arni Thorlacius' Skyringar yfir ornefni i Landn&mu og Eyrbyggju, afc svo miklu leyti, sem vifc kemr J?6rnes Jnngi hinu forna, in Safn til sogu Islands, ii. 277-96. We are indebted for guidance, especially to the former authority, in many more instances than what the quotations show.

AMBARDALE, Ambardalr, otherwise known as Ambattardalr (K. ii. 12-13), a valley within the mountain range of Waterness, 206.

ASBIORN'S-NESS, Asbjarnarnes, the homestead of Gudmund and his sons Hall, Bardi, &c., on the western side of the lake Hope, 202, 206, 211, 243.

ASGARTH'S-KNOLLS, AsgarSsholar, a homestead in the lower part of Saelingsdale,

short distance up from Hvammfirth, 184.

ASH, Askr, in Willowdale, an unknown place or locality, nowhere else mentioned (K.), 211.

ASMUND'S-NIP, Asmundargnupr, a homestead situate beneath a peak of the same name at the northern end of the mountain-ridge that forms the eastern boundary of Willowdale, called Willowdale mountain, the home of

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Eyolf Oddson, one of Bardi's allies, 201, 210, 220. AUDOLFSTEAD, Auftolfssta^Sir, a homestead in Longdale, 200.

BALLARA, Ballara, a homestead on the westernmost point of the peninsula which is formed by Hvammfirth in the south and Broadfirth by west and north-west, 185.

1. BANK, Bakki, the seat of Arnbiorn, son of Asbrand, situate " in Lavahaven," 104, 108, no, in.

2. BANK, Bakki (probably the modern Kongsbakki, on the southern shore of Templewick, Th. 277-279), the seat of Thormod, the brother of Steinthor of Ere, 116, 117, 123, 124, 127,

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3. BANK, a homestead " lying west of Hunawater," the home of Thordis Gefn, 200, 209.

BARDSTRAND, BarSastrond, part of the northern littoral of Broadfirth, beginning west of Waterfirthand reaching west to the precipitous foreshore stretch of Scorelithes, SkorarhlfiSar, 12.

BATHBRENT, Laugarbrekka, the seat of Thorstein, the son of Snorri the Priest, situate right below the southern spurs of Snowfellsiokul, a short distance

south-west from Broadwick,

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BEARHAVEN, Bjarnarhofh,— it would have been better to call the place Biorn's-haven, after the first settler, than to translate it —

1. The haven, or harbour, where Biorn the Easterner landed, now called Kumbaravogr, on the eastern side of the ness which separates Whalefirth in the west from that inlet from Broadfirth which forms Templewick as its most eastern extremity, 10.

2. The homestead of Biorn's descendants, 10, 20, 31, 39, 41, 43, 63, until Kolli of the Ere-dweller's kin got it, 183.

BIARNISFORCE, Bjarnafoss, a waterfall in Whitewater near to Gilsbank, 231.

BIRCHISLE, Bjarkey, now Bjerko, in Norway (further notices about this the most ancient market-place in Norway belong to Heimskringla), 184, 259.

BITTER, Bitra (see Bitra, Saga Lib. I., index), 157, 158, 163, 168.

BLANDA, the largest river of Hunawater Thing which, coming from south-east, empties itself into the southeastern bight of Hunafirth, 200, 209, 210, 251.

BLIZZARD-MERE, Kdlgum^rar,

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pi., an open swampy stretch of land between Hunawater and Blanda stretching inland probably as far as Swinewater, 200.

BOWERFELL, Burfell, a homestead " twixt Swinewater and Blanda," 200.

BRIDGE, Bru, the bridge which, p. 231, is said to be across Whitewater at Biarnisforce in the neighbourhood of Gilsbank, 219, 223.

BROADFIRTH, BreftSifjorSr —

1. A broad bight of the sea, cutting into western Iceland, so called first by Thorolf Mostbeard on his arrival in Iceland about A.D. 884, 8, 10, n, 72, 104.

2. The whole inhabited littoral and islands of the bay, 15, 16, 181, 183.

BROADFORD, BrerSava'S, a homestead on the lower Blanda in the Thing of Hunawater, 196, 208, 209.

1. BROADLAIRSTEAD, Breiftabdlsta'Sr, on Woodstrand in Hvammfirth, the seat of Thorgest the Old, 54.

2. BROADLAIRSTEAD, a house situate on the western side of Westhopewater towards the southern end of it, 244.

BROADWICK, BreiSavfk, a bight cutting into Snowfells-ness from the south exactly opposite to that which from the north indentates the

ness west of Buland's-head, 26.

2. The countryside surrounding the bight of Broadwick, "a prettily rounded little valley, boundedby Shoulderfell (in the east) the inland hill-rises and, furthest towards west, by the SnowfellGlacier and the isolated little fell in front (south) thereof, Stapefell (K.i. 413), 26.

BULAND'S-HEAD, BiilandshofSi, a precipitous promontory east of Mewlithe (see map), 36, 37, 47, 48, 114, 167.

BURG, Borg, p. 256 called "Burg the southernmost," thus corresponding to the place now called Litla Borg, which stands south of Stora Borg on the southern spurs of the basaltic cone, Borgarvirki, between lower Willowdalewater and Westhopewater (K. ii. 20), 202, 206, 215, 216, 256.

BURGBROOK, Borgarlsekr, a streamlet beside which Biorn the Easterner was buried. " Probably the brook which now is called Rollulaekr — for there is now no other brook in the neighbourhood of the homestead (of Bearhaven) or the burg — that flows down on the southern skirts of the homemead of

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Bearhaven . . . but the howe of Biorn is now no more to be found; maybe the brook has washed it away long ago" (Th. 280, 281 ; cf. K. i. 432), ii.

BURGDALE, a dale up the western slope of Erefell, " but so small, that it seems incredible that it ever could have had an independent homestead" (K. i. 454); "ancient ruins are found there, but they are more likely to be the remains of an old mountain dairy than of Geirrid's hall, for they are not any way near the road which now lies along the slope "(Th. 280). Thorolf Halt-foot found the lands here too narrow, and so challenged Ulfar the Champion of Ulfar's-fell for his lands to a duel and won them, 13, 112.

BURGFIRTH (see vol. i., index), 22, 153, 180, 181, 192, 204, 208, 218.

BURGHOLT, Borgarholt, the first name of the seat of Biorn the Easterner, probably the same place as Bearhaven, though in the expression, " Burgholt in Bearhaven," the former name designates Biorn's homestead, while the latter points to the harbour, or creek, where he landed ; no local name now points to

the old site of Burgholt (Th. 280, K. i. 432), 10. BY, a homestead of Burgnrth on the southern side of the lower Whitewater, 153, 192.

CHEAPING, Kaupangr, later called NrSaross, then J>randheimr, the old capital of Norway, founded by Olaf Tryggvason, 255.

1. CLIFFS, Bjorg, probably the rocky ridges which immediately west (" lit ") of Asbiorn's-ness now are called Ve'sbjorg, 206.

2. CLIFFS, Klif, the home of Thorarin whom Halldor wounded, now existing no more, but its locality is ascertained by Kalund (ii. 52) as having been close to the mouth of Blanda, where the bed of the river is narrowed by rocky bluffs even now called Klif, 204.

CNEAR, Knorr, the home of Thord Wall-eye, situate within Broadwick, 104, 112.

COALPITFIRTH, KolgrafafjorSr, the westernmost branch or fork of Whalefirth, forming the upper sea boundary of the OnwardEre peninsula, 167.

COMBE, Kambr, the seat of Asbrand, situate west of Cnear, in the countryside of Broadwick, 26, 50, 102 ; afterwards, on Asbrand's

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death, the home of Biorn his son, 106, 108.

COMBE-GARTH, KambgarSr, KamgarSr, a name given to a haystack-yard west of the homestead of Mewlithe, the whereabouts of which are otherwise unknown, 35.

COMBEHEATH, KambshetiSr, the mountain between the countrysides of-Frodis-water in the north and Broadwick in the south, 132.

CONSTANTINOPLE, 192.

COPSEDALE, Kjarra-dalr, the valley formed by Kjarra, as the upper Thwartwater of Burgfirth is called, 219, 222.

COPSES, Hrfsar, a homestead below the opening of Thorswaterdale on the western watershed of Swanfirth, 51.

CROSSNESS, Krossnes, the seat of Brand, the son of Thorgrim the Priest, the son of Kiallak, situate beneath the north-eastern spurs of Sealriverhead, on the western side of Grundarfjord, q. v.,

21, 153.

CROSSWATERDALE, Krossdrdalr, a small valley running north-west inland from the northern side of Bitter, 158.

CROWNESS, Krdkunes, "still known by the old name;" it stretches out from the northern spurs of Ulfar'sfell, on the western shore of Swanfirth, and is bounded by Thorswater by the west,

" the best possession in the countryside on account of its wood," 81, 84, 86, 87.

CUNNING-GlLS-STEAD, Spdgils-

staSir, the home of CunningGils in Thorswaterdale, of which no traces are now discoverable, 83.

DAIRYHEAD, SeljahofSi, some headland on the eastern side of either Whalefirth or the narrow inlet from it to Lavafirth, 124.

DALE-LANDS, Dalalond, the dales which shed their waters into the innermost part of Hvammfirth ; of this tract the land-take of Auth the Deep-minded comprised the watershed from Skraumuhlaups-river on the south side of Hvammfirth,allround the bottom of the bay and out to Daymeal-water, running from the north into the bay a few miles west of Hvamm, u.

DAYMEAL-NESS, DogurSarnes, the westernmost point of the peninsula which divides Hvammfirth from Broadfirth proper, with a harbour, 51, 72, 104, no, 123, 136.

DAYMEAL - WATER, Dagverftara", a streamlet running from the north into Hvammfirth a few miles west of Hvamm, u.

DENMARK, Danmork, 75, 102, 103, 255-256.

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DIMON, a group of islands

in Broadfirth, north of the

considerable island of

Hrappsey, west of Daymeal-

, ness, 51.

DIMON'S-BAY, 54.

DIRTS KERRY, Dritsker, a skerry situate in Templestead-wick ; "it is a small, pretty high, on the top a greenish skerry, which by a natural causeway of rocks joins the land, so that by ebbtide one can go out into it dry-shod " (K. i. 437), 9, 1 6.

DRANGAR, the homestead of Olaf Eyvindson, 164.

DRAPALITH, Drapuhli'S, the homestead of Vigfus Biornson, situated beneath the north - western spurs of Drapalith-fell, DrapuhliSarfjall, the inland southern background, as it were, of the Thorsness peninsula, 12, 13, 51, 60, 6 1, 62, 117.

DUBLIN, a port for Iceland trade, 71, 136, 179, 182.

DUFGUSDALE, Dufgusdalr, a valley which opens out towards the southern lowlands of the eastern Snowfellness peninsula from the so-called Kerlingar-skarS, Carline's Pass, which is the high road to the South from the countrysides of Thorsness, no; 2. the house of Thord Kausi, the son of Snorri the Priest, now waste, 185. II. B

DYRAFIRTH (see vol. i., index), 20.

EGIL'S-PASS, EgilsskarS, a pass bearing the same name still, on the western side of the mountain called Shoulder, q. v., just above Play hallmeads, 115.

EIDI, Eift, a homestead on the narrowest neck of the Ere (Onward-Ere) peninsula, 167.

ELLIDIS-ISLE, EllrSaey, an island of Broadfirth, due west of Daymeal-ness, 51,

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ENGLAND, 192, 195.

ENNI, the " front " or " forehead " (now Olafsvikr-enni), a mountain bluff close upon the foreshore on the western side of the broad bight at the bottom of which is Frodis-water (41 ?), 148, 167.

ENNI, see Skridinsenni.

1. ERE, Eyrr/ short for Geirro^areyrr, now called Narfeyri, situate on the eastern side of Swanfirth, some distance up from the sea, on the north-western spurs of " Eyrar- " or " Narfeyrarfjall " (Ere- or Narf-ere fell), the seat of Geirrod, the settler of Swanfirth, n, 15,

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2. ERE, earliest name b'ndverft Eyrr, Onward-ere, now called

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" Hallbjarnareyri," Hallbiorn's-ere, the family-seat of the Ere-dwellers, situate out on the considerable peninsula which divides the waters of Groundfirth in the west from those of Whalefirth and its continuation, Coalpitfirth, in the east, u, 21, 32,49,63, 108, 116, 125, 130.

3. ERE, />., Uspak's-Ere, Uspakseyrr, now Ospakseyri, a homestead in Bitter on the northern side of the firth, the seat of the robber Uspak, 157, 158, 160, 161, 163, 165, 168, 170.

ERES, Eyrar, now "Eyrarbakki," a harbour in southern Iceland, the home of Loft o' th' Eres, 179.

ERIC'S-CREEK, Eireks-vagr, a harbour in Oxisle, where Eric the Red dight the ship in which he sailed, when he discovered Greenland, 54.

ERNFIRTH, ArnarfjorSr, see vol. i., index, 23.

ERNKNOLL, Arnarhvall, a homestead in the close neighbourhood of Frodis-water to the west of it, the seat of Ern, the father of Thorir Wooden-leg, 33, 73.

EVENDALE, Sle"ttidalr, two homesteads, each of the same name, "up from Swinewater," 200.

EYIAFIRTH, the longest bay in northern Iceland, 209.

FIRTH-HORN, FjarSarhurn, a homestead which exists no longer, though the name is preserved, and the spot now is occupied by the ruins of a tenement from Ere, on the northern side of the bottom of Bitter, 161.

FLATS, Flotr, now Flatir, an upland road leading from the homestead of Redmell west of Hafsfirthriver in the northern watershed of Faxebay, over a comparatively flat wilderness down to Longdale (the easternmost of two parallel valleys of that name) in the watershed of Hvammfirth, a short way to the east of Swanfirth, 22.

FLOKISDALE, a valley in Burgfirth, between the two Reekdales. See vol. i., index, Reekdale, 219.

FLYSA-WHARF, Flysju- or Flisuhverfi, a countryside west of Burgfirth, between Hitriver (east) and Coldriver (west), see map, 153, 190.

FRODISTEAD, FroftastaSir, a homestead of Whiteriverside west of Thorgautstead, 231.

FRODIS-WATER, Fro'Sa.jthe seat of Worm the Slender and his descendants, situate on the eastern bank of a river of the same name, which falls into the bottom of the broad bight which, west of

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Buland's-head, cuts into the northern side of Snowfellsness, 26, 27, 33, 38, 43, 72, 104, 107, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 145-152, 155, 182.

FRODISWATER - MOUTH, not Frodis-mouth, 104.

FYRISFIELD, F^risvellir, now "Fyrisvall," the meadows on both sides of the river Fyris, between Upsala and the lake of Malaren, 75.

GABLEFELL-HEATH, Gaflfellshei'Sr, a portion of the upland watershed between the Hvammnrth and the Bitter basins, 168.

GALMASTRAND, Galmastrond, that portion of the western littoral of Eyiafirth, which stretches from Horg water out to where the coast bends inward towards Svarfadardale, 251, 252.

GARTHREALM, GarSariki, Russia, 258.

GEIRVOR, Geirvor, a scree (i.e. the heaped-up debris of a land-slip from a mountain side where it comes to rest on the lowland beneath) below a deeply-cut water-gorge in the mountain a short distance to the west of Swanfirth, 113, 120.

GILSBANK, Gilsbakki, a homestead on the northern side of upper Whitewater, just

above the upper boundary of Whitewaterside proper, 232.

GLOSSY'S-WELL, "down before the stead at Hella " ; " down below the knoll on which the homestead of Hella stood, there are found, in the boglands on the southern side of the firth, many marsh-holes and mud-pits, of which one, the nearest to Hella, is particularly dangerous to animals, and this, it is supposed, is Glossy'swell" (K. i. 452), 178.

GOLDMEAD, Gullteigr, a good meadow in the close proximity to Thorgautstead, 218, 220, 226, 227.

GORGE-WATER, Gljufra", a river that has its source on the eastern side of Willowdale mountain, VfSidalsfjall, and in a north-westerly bend round the spurs of Asmund'snip empties itself into the Hope, 210.

GREENLAND, discovered by Eric the Red, 54, 55, 135.

GROUNDFiRTH,Grundarfj6r3r, xiv, footnote.

GRUFLUNAUST, the " naust " = boat-house or -houses, of Grufla, which evidently was the ancient name of the brook now called GrufluIsekr, Gruflu-brook, " Grufla " meaning the sedimentary, easily muddied stream, situate on the southern side

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of Swordfirth, west ofThinghallness, 123.

GUDBRANDSTEAD, Gu'Sbrandsstaftir, in Willowdale, an unknown homestead of which no tradition even is preserved (K. ii. 26-28),

211, 2Q7, 298. GUDLAUGS-HEAD, Gu^laUgS-

hofSi, the outermost headland on the south side of Bitter, 157.

HAFSFIRTHISLE, now called Byisle, " Baejarey," in a creek just west of the mouth of Hafsfirthriver, formerly an inhabited island, but now to a great extent washed away (K. i. 406), the home of Thorstein Thorgilson,

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HALLKELSTEAD, Hallkelssta'Sir, a homestead of Whitewaterside, north-east of Gilsbank, 231.

HALLSTEINSNESS, Hallsteinsnes, the house of Hallstein Thorolfson, situate on the ness of the same name which divides Deepfirth and Codnrth, two inlets into the northern littoral of Broadfirth, n, 135.

HALLWARDSTEAD, HallvarSsstaftir, a homestead on the southern bank of Whitewater, wellnigh opposite to Thorgautstead and Goldmead, 219, 223.

HALOGALAND, the northernmost province of Norway of old, 184, 257.

HALTFOOT'S-HEAD, BaegifotshofSi, " a small headland on the western side of Swanfirth, a short way out from Lairstead" (Th. 281), 92, 172.

HAVENFELLS, Hafnarfjoll, the southern mountain boundary of Burgfirth, 219.

HAWKDALE, Haukadalr—

1. The second valley up from the mouth of Dyrafirth, cutting into its southern littoral, 20.

2. The stead within this dale whereat Thorgrim the Priest was slain, 20.

HAWKS-RIVER, a small stream about midway between Svelgriver and the Knolls, 93.

HEATH = Two - days' - Heath, q. v.

HELLA, a homestead now no longer existing, but the site of which is pointed out in the valley wherein Orligstead is situate, opposite to the latter house (K. i. 452) 178.

HERDHOLT, HjartSarholt, seat of Olaf Peacock, on the north side of Laxwaterdale, a short distance up from the bottom of Hvammfirth, 1 84.

HEWERSTEAD, Hoggvandastaftir, the house of ThorgisI Hewer, a short distance west of Gilsbank, " where now

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there stands a sheep pen " (K. i. 347), 231.

HIGHFELL, Havafell, up valley the next homestead toThorgautstead in Whitewaterside, 231.

HOLT, west of Mewlithe, the seat of the witchwife Katla, 27, 28, 44, 45.

HOLY-FELL, Helgafell—

1. An isolated basaltic mountain in the centre of Thorsness, believed by the heathen Thorsnessings to be their paradise after death, whence their devoted worship of the place, 9, 14-19; counsels taken on the top of it were believed to be peculiarly favoured by good fortune, 67. See note, p. 277.

2, A homestead, situate south of the " fell, in a slight scoop formed by the so-called Cloister-knolls to the east and the so-called Byreknolls to the west" (Th. 285), first set up by Thorstein Codbiter (about A.D. 935)> *&> afterwards the seat of his widow, 1 9 ; then of Bork the Thick, 20, 2225 ; then of Snorri the Priest, 26, 28, 52, 53, 60, 61, 72, 80,83, 85,93, 97, 100,116, 123, 125, 128, 134, 135,

i5°» 153, i82» 19°; lastlY of Gudrun, daughter of Osvif, 153, 190; consecrated monastery, 1184, xxi. In all probability the place

where the Ere-dwellers' Story was written, xix-xxi. HOPE, Hop, a large standing water formed by the Willowdale watershed on the broad level lands at the bottom of Hunabay, 199,

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HOPE-OYCE, Hopsdss, the outlet into Hunafirth of the waters of the Hope, 207.

HORDALAND, Hor^aland, 102.

HORNFIRTH, Hornafjorftr, the southernmost of the socalled Eastfirths of Iceland,

22.

HORSEHOLT, Hrossaholt, now "Hrossholt," a homestead on the Hafsfirth river, see map, 153.

HOUSEWICK, Hiisavik, from of old a trading station on the eastern shore of inner Skialvandi, a broad bay which, next to the east of Eyiafirth, cuts into northern Iceland, 254.

HOWEBRENT, Haugabrekkur, a place to the north-east of the mouth of Frodis-water, still so-called, 104.

HOWEFORD, Haugsva^, a ford on Whitewater ' ' over against By " (K. i. 308, brings evidence to show that it is quite uncertain where this ford, if ever it existed, may really have been), 153.

HOWNESS, Haugsnes, "west of Templestead," the burialplace of Thorolf Most-

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beard ; " so is still called the ness, which is but a short distance west of the house of Templestead. Where the howe of Thorolf has been is not known now, though careful search has been made for it ; for what formerly was so called proved when dug into in 1840 to be but a grasstufted rock " (Th. 285, cf. K. i. 437), 14.

HUNAWATER, HUnavatn, a water - gathering east of Hope, formed by the watershed of Waterdale on the stretches of the lowland that borders the eastern bight of the bottom of Hunabay, 1 99.

1. HVAMM, Hvammr, the seat of Auth the Deep-minded, on the north-western side of the bottom of Hvammfirth, 1 1 ; in the days of the Ere-dwellers' story the home of her great-grandson, Thord the Yeller, 14.

2. HVAMM, the seat of Thorolf Halt-foot after his fight with Ulfar the Champion, situate in Thorswater- or Thorsriver-dale, "now in ruins, and has doubtless been so for many centuries, but the name of the homestead is well-known, and its site clearly ascertained " (Th. 288), 13, 88, 89.

IAMTALAND, Jamtaland, now

Jemteland, a province in

Sweden, 3, 5. ICELAND, Island, 7, 10, n,

21, 22, 54, 56, 57, 58, 72,

104, 135, 136, 153, 179,

180, 182, 231, 256. ICELAND-FARING, IslandsferS,

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INGIALD'S - KNOLL, Ingjaldshvall, the home of Thrand the Strider, situate towards the northern extremity of Snowfellness, 167, 171.

IRELAND, 71, 72, 179, 182.

IRISH (the), Irar, 4.

ISLEFORD, Eyjarvaft, = Eyiaford (EyjavaS, vol. i., 154), 143-

JAWFIRTH, Kjalkafjorftr, the next westernmost of the bays that from Broadfirth cut into its northern margin,

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JOMSBURG, Jdmsborg, the castle of Jom on the coast of Vendland, 75.

KARSTEAD, KarsstaSir, the same homestead as Swanfirth, called by anticipation by the name which it acquired first after the death of Thorod Thorbrandson, when his son Kar set up house there (as stated p. i79)> 85, 90, 118,172,173, 179.

KEEL, Kilir, pi. of Kjolr, now Kjolen, the vast mountain upheaval that forms the

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watershed between Norway and Sweden, 3, 5.

KIALLAK'S-RIVER, Kjallaksa, the seat of Kiallak, the father of Uspak, situate on Skridinsenni (q. v., vol. i., p. 76, and note), the bold headland on the northern side of Bitter, 157.

KIALLAKSTEAD, Kjallaksta'Sir, the seat of Barne-Kiallak in Midfellstrand, 14.

KIMBI'S BAY, Kimbavagr, a firth in Greenland, 135.

KNOLLS, Holar, a homestead north-west of Svelgriver, 93.

LAIRSTEAD, BdlstaSr, the seat of Arnkel the Priest, "is now waste, and, without doubt, has been so for many centuries, so little is now to be seen of the remains of the house-tofts. The house has stood in the midst of a level lawn, a short way north - below Vadilshead, about one hundred ' fathoms ' up from the sea ; the site, however, is called Lairstead (a BolstaS) still to this day " (Th. 280), 20, 42, 44, 50, 62, 64, 83, 94, 171.

LAMBSTEAD, Lambastaftir, the seat of Eyolf, the son of Snorri the Priest, situate on the southernmost promontory on the western side of Burgfirth, 185.

LAVAFIRTH, HraunfjortSr, a

long and narrow inlet which, in a south-easterly direction, cuts into the land up from Whalefirth, q. v., 10,

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2. The homestead of Audun Stote, " situate a short distance from the firth west of and above the lava" (Th. 287), 21.

LAVAHAVEN and Lavahavenmouth, Hraunhafnar6s, a harbour and house on the southern side of Snowfellness, east of Broadwick, now called " BiiSir " and " BiiSa6s," 104, 108,110,132,134.

LAXWATER, Laxd, a river that runs out of Swinewater into the south-eastern bight of the bottom of Hunafirth, 210.

LAXRIVER : read Laxrivers ; the passage should be emended thus : " folk held a thronged sheepfolding on the 'tongue' betwixt the Laxrivers up from HolyFell." The "Tongue" of the ed. is not a proper name, but an appellative. These are two confluent rivers, the waters of which, after joining, empty themselves into Templesteadwick ; now the easternmost of the two is called " GrfshdlsaY' the westernmost « Bakkaa " (Th. 290, K. i.

435> 436), 52LAXWATERDALE, Laxdrdalr, a

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long valley running due east of Hvammfirth, 184 n. LECHMOTE, Laekjam6t, the homestead of Thorarin the Wise, situate in the upper part of Willowdale, 194, 197, 199, 203, 206, 211.

1. LONGDALE, Langidalr, the westernmost of two dales running parallel to Swanfirth, east of it and divided from it by the mountainridge called Eyrarf jail (Erefell), 1 1 ; therein a homestead of the same name, 15, 121.

2. LONGDALE, the valley formed by the lower Blanda, 200, 209.

MAN, Isle of Man, Mon, harried by Earl Sigurd Lodverson of Orkney, 71.

MEAD, see Goldmead.

MEWLITHE, MdvahlflS, the seat of Thorolf Heriolfson and of his son Thorarin the Swart, situate on the lowland under the western slope of Buland's-head on a shallow inlet from the sea, 14, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 38,

52.

MIDDLEHAM, Me?>alheimr, on Blizzard-mere, 200, 210, 220.

MlDFELL-STRAND, Meftalfells-

strond, now called " Fellsstrond,"the northern littoral of Hvammfirth, west of

Auth's land-take, 14, 25, 30,

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MIRES, see vol. i., index ii., 185.

MIRE, F16i, a place on Twodays'-Heath, filled with standing waters ; the lake where the fight took place is supposed to have been the so-called Rolfswater, Hrolfsvatn, 219.

MOST, Mostr, an island off South Hordaland (q. v.), in Norway, 5 ; with a great temple of Thor in it, 6.

MOUTH, see Lavahaven.

MUCH BANK, Bakki enn meiri, see Bank.

NECKS, Halsar, a countryside which, according to the saga, appears to have bordered on Blizzard - mere from the east, 200.

NESS, short for Snowfellness, q. v.

NETHER-NESS, Nes hit ne^ra, now " Neftranes," a homestead situate towards the tip of the tongue of land which is formed by the confluence of Thwartriver and Whitewater in Burgfirth, on the southern bank of the first-named river (cf. map to Hen Thorir's saga, vol. i.),

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NIPSDALE, Niipsdalr, 218, see

note, p. 299. NORTHWATER, NorSra, a river

of Burgfirth (see vol. i.,

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index ii., and map to Hen Thorir's saga), 143.

NORTHWATERDALE, NorSrdrdalr, the valley formed by the upper Northwater, a northern tributary to Whitewater, 231.

NORWAY, Norvegr, later "Noregr, 3, 4, 22, 55, 192, 255.

OFEIG'S-FORCE, Ofeigsfoss, a waterfall in the so-called Ulfarsfell-river, tumbling through a gorge high up on Ulfarsfell-neck, a short distance south of Lairstead, 98.

ONWARD-ERE, ondverS Eyrr, = 2. Ere.

ORKNEYS, Orkneyjar, viking quarter in the ninth century, 3, 71, 72.

ORLIGSTEAD, orlygssta'Sir, the seat of the freedman Orlig, situate in a little valley a short distance up from the bottom of Swanfirth, on the western side of it, 13, 82, 96, 97, 98-100, 122, 171.

ORRIS-KNOLL, Orrahvall, a homestead on Midfellstrand,

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OTTERDALE, Otrardalr, a homestead in Ernfirth (see vol. i., index), 23.

OXBRENTS, oxnabrekkur, some rocky hillrises on the northern side of Swordfirth, which, however, now are not known by the old name, but are called Illugabjorg, Illugisbergs (Th. 296), 93, 127.

OXISLE, oxnaey, an island in Broadfirth, north of Woodstrand, the last home of Eric the Red in Iceland before he set out on his voyage of discovery and found Greenland, 54.

PLAYHALL-MEADS, Leikskalavellir, flat meads which form the lowland between the western spurs of the projecting mountain, called "Shoulder," the northwestern boundary of Lavahaven, and the Lava, now called " BiiSahraun," south thereof, 112.

PLAYHALLS, Leikskalar, a homestead which must have stood about the Playhallmeads, q. v., but of which now no trace is found, 114.

RAUMARIK, Raumarfki, now " Romerike," one of the two bailiwicks of Raumafylki in Norway, 3.

REDMELL, the seat of Thorfin, the son of Sel-Thorir, on the western side of Hafsfirth river, which from the north empties itself into the northeasternmost bight of Faxebay proper, 20, 154, 155.

REDWICKHEAD, RauSavikrhofSi, a headland on the northern side of Swordfirth, 96, 118.

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south-westernmost promontory of Iceland, 7.

REEK-KNOLLS, Reykjah61ar, seat of the descendants of Ari, the son of Mar, the famous Reeknessings, situate on Reekness, the most prominent peninsula on the northern side of upper Broadfirth, 154.

REEF, Rif, a disused harbour, and at present a fishing station, on the northern extremity of Snowfellness, where the broad bight begins which is bounded in the east by Buland's-head, 136.

RIDGE, Ass, now called BigRidge, St<5ri-As, south of Whitewater, some distance higher up than Thorgautstead on its northern side, 231.

ROGALAND, a district of Norway, corresponding to the present governorship of Stavanger, 22.

S^LINGSDALE, a valley running inland in a northerly stretch from the bottom of Hvammfirth, 153, 257.

S^LINGSDALE-TONGUE,a home-

stead within Sselingsdale, the seat of Snorri the Priest after he left Holyfell, 153, 157, 166, 167, 183, 185, 190, cf.

257.

SALTERE-MOUTH, Salteyrar6ss, a harbour, the exact locality of which is unknown,

except so far that it must have been in, or in the close neighbourhood of the firth now known as Groundfirth. Dr. Kalund is most inclined to think that it was the narrow inlet shown on the map next to Groundfirth, to the west of it between the two mountains of Kirkjufell and Sto$, 32, 51.

SAURBY, Saurbaer, a broad valley running southward up from the southern shore of Broadfirth, where it begins to narrow into its easternmost offshoot, the Gilsfirth, 158.

SAXLECH, Saxalaekr, now called "Faxalaekr," a drain from Westhope-water falling into Willowdale- water (K.), 214.

SEALRIVER-HEAD, BrimlarhofSi, an isolated mountain forming the western boundary of the outer part of the bay which now bears the name of Groundfirth ; its present name is StoS, 21, note, p. 273.

SEASTEAD, Saebol, a homestead in Hawkdale, first the seat of Thorbiorn Sur, afterwards that of his son-in-law Thorgrim the Priest, 20.

SELBRENTS, Selja-brekkur, "to the north (east) from Drapalithe straight in one's gaze coming up (south) from Holyfell "(Th. 291), 60, 61.

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probably the narrow inlet from Whalefirth to Lavafirth proper, 167.

SHEEPFELL, Sau'Safell, on the river called Mid water, which runs into the south-easternmost corner of Hvammfirth, 184.

SHOULDER, 6x1, a shouldershaped semi-isolated mountain, projecting from the main mountain range of the Snowfellness peninsula, and forming the north-western enclosure of the Lavahaven watershed, 112.

SIDE, Si'^a, a countryside in south-eastern Iceland, 22.

SIDE-MULL, SfSumiili, the westernmost but one of the homesteads of Whitewaterside, 231.

SIGLUNESS, the outermost point of the peninsulashaped promontory which forms the extremest seaboard limit to Eyiafirth by the west, 251.

SKAGAFIORD, the broadest bay of northern Iceland, 185.

SKAGASTRAND, Skagastrond, the western seaboard of the peninsula which divides Hunabay from Skagafirth, 184.

SKALAHOLT, situate low down the tongue of land which is formed by the confluence of Bridgeriver, Briiara, from the west and the Whitewater, Hvita, from the east, within

the countryside known as Bishop's Tongues, Biskups tungur, in southern Iceland, the seat of a bishop from A.D. 1056-1797, 141, 144.

SKEID, undulating sand plains on the southern side of Templewick, stretching from Staffriver to the bottom of the wick, 117.

SKOR, the extreme south point of a range of precipices between Bardstrand (east) and Redsand (west), on the northern side of Broadfirth, due north of Frodiswater across the bay, 139.

SKRAUMUHLAUPS - RIVER, Skraumuhlaupsa", now called "Skrauma," a goodly stream coming from the south, and running into the southeasternmost bend of the bottom of Hvammfirth, 1 1.

SKRIDINSENNI, see vol. i., index and map, 157.

SLEYLECH, -BROOK, Sleggjulaekr, a homestead on the southern side of Thwartwater in the upper part of the countryside of StarTholtstongues, 197, 238.

SNOWFELLSNESS, Snj<5fellsnes, and Snaefellsnes, the long ness dividing the two largest bays of Iceland, Faxebay, and Broadfirth, 7, 136, 147, 148, 167.

SOGN, a bay and landscape in Norway, now Sognefjord, 3.

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SOLI, the seat of Erling Skialgson, situate west of Stavanger, on the isthmus that separates the bottom of Hafrsfirth from the main, 22.

SOUTH - HORDALAND, SunnhorSaland, part of the present Sondre Bergenhusamt, Norway, 5.

SOUTH ISLES, Suftreyjar, the Hebrides, viking quarters in the ninth century, 3, 4, 10 ; harried by Earl Sigurd Lodverson of Orkney, 71, 72.

SPAEWIFE'S-FELL, Spakonufell, midway north the so-called Skagastrand, the eastern littoral of Hunabay, 184.

STAFFHOLTS - TONGUE, see vol. i., index, 143.

STAFFRIVER, Stafa, a small river, coming from the south into Templewick, forming the western boundary of Thorolf Mostbeard's landtake, 8 ; and the eastern of that of Biorn the Easterner, 10.

STATH, StaSr, now "Stadtland," a promontory on the western coast of Norway, south of Thrandheim, 5.

STEAD, Staftr, now Reynistaftr, Rowanstead, the seat of Thord Hesthofdi, in Skagafirth, 250.

STEAD-KNOLL, StaSarholl, the seat of Sturla Thiodrekson, situate in the broadish valley of Saurby, 158.

STIKA, a now unknown topographical point, which must have been on the southern side of Bitter, some distance up from Gudlaug's-head, since between it and that head lay the drift-foreshores of several owners, 158.

STRAND, see Midfell-strand.

STRANDS, see vol. i., index, 163-165.

STREAMFIRTH, StraumfjorSr, a shallow bay cutting into the southern shore of the Snowfell peninsula near to its eastern limit, 101, 157, 179, 184.

SUNHOME, Solheimar, the innermost or uppermost homestead in Laxwaterdale, 184.

SVELGRIVER, Svelgsa, uncertain whether the name refers to the river itself, which runs into Swanfirth little north of Thorsriver, or to the homestead of the same name, which stands on the northern bank of it; in either case the topography is here, as elsewhere, perfectly correct, 93.

SWALLOWRIVER, SCC Svelg-

river.

SWALLOW- or rather SVELGRIVER-DALE, Svelgsardalr, a valley formed by Drapalithe mountain on its western, and Copsefell, Hrisafell, on its eastern side, through which Svelgriver runs into Swanfirth, 117.

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SWANFIRTH, AlptafjorSr —

1. An inlet from Broadfirth, which cuts south into the land, bounded by Thorsness and Ulfarsfell in the west and Erefell in the east, 50, 98, 112, 118.

2. The countryside, 97, 112, 116.

3. A homestead up from the bottom of the firth, the abode of Fingeir and his descendants, n, 13, 20, 22, 54, 85 (cf. Karstead), 104, 115, 122, 123, 126, 131,

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SWINEISLE, Sviney, an island of Broadfirth, a short distance to the south-west of Daymeal-ness, now called Porkisle, Purkey, 54.

1. SWINEWATER, Svinavatn, a small lake, now called Hornsvatn, close to the present homestead of HraunsfjorSr, which is situate a short distance to the south-east from the bottom of Coalpitfirth (K. i. 431). In Snorri's days it would seem as if Swinewater was a name given to the house itself as well as to the lake, 51.

2. SWINEWATER —

1. A lake on the eastern confines of Blizzard-mere, south of Blanda, 200, 210.

2. A homestead on the north-eastern shore of the

same, the seat of Summerlid, 201.

SWORDFIRTH, VigrafjorSr, a small shallow creek which from east cuts into the land and forms the south-east boundary of Thorsness, 9, 124, 127.

TEMPLEGARTH, Hofgar^ar, now a waste place within the commune called StaSarsveit on the northern shore of Faxebay, the seat of Helgi the Priest and his descendants, 29, no, in.

TEMPLESTEAD, Hofstaftir, the house set up by Thorolf Mostbeard on the northern side of Templewick, after his landing in Iceland, 8, 14.

TEMPLEWICK, Hofsvagr, now " Hofsvogr," a small creek which cuts into the western side of Thorsness, 8.

TEMPLESTEAD-WICK, Hofstaftavagr, id., 124.

TERNMERE, fernum^ri, in Westhope, the home of the two brothers, Thorod and Thorgisl, 202.

THAMBARDALE, J?amba>dalr, the home of Alf the Little, situate in a valley of the same name on the southern side of Bitter, 157, 161, 162, 165.

THING-ERE, jnngeyrar, pi., a homestead about midway

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between Hope and Hunawater, 199.

THINGHALL-NESS, Jnngskdlanes, the ness that by the south divides Swordfirth from Swanfirth, 123, 124.

THINGNESS, ]>ingnes, a homestead on the southern side of the lower Whitewater, situate in the midst of the tongue of land or ness formed by that river and its southern confluent Grimsriver, 234.

THIOTTA, Jjjdtta, now Thjoto, an island off Halogaland in Norway, 257.

THORBEINSTEAD, J>orbeinisstaSir, the seat of Thorbein, Thorolf Halt-foot's son-inlaw (" now waste ; it stood on the southern side of the lake in Waterdale " — " a little scoop in the mountain spurs bounded by the north by a hillrise called Hallfell, Skdlafell," K. i. 434—" beneath the northern side of Drapalithe fell," Th. 295), ii.

THOROLF'S-HOWE, on Haltfoot's-head, 172.

THORSNESS, Jx5rsnes, a small peninsula bounded by Templewick S.S.W., Broadfirth N., and Swordfirth E.S.E., see map, 8, 9, 14, 15, 17, 123.

THORS-RIVER, jjorsa", a small river running from the south and mouthing out into the

sea on the western shore of Swanfirth ; it formed the boundary between the landtakes of Thorolf Mostbeard and Geirrod of Ere, 8, n.

THORSRIVER-DALE, the valley formed by Thorsriver, 13, 83, 88, 90, 91.

THORSWATER, see Thorsriver.

THORSWATERDALE, see Thorsriverdale.

THORWARDSTEAD, ]>orvar$ssta^ir, the house of Thorfinna the Skaldwoman, situate north-east of Gilsbank, 232.

THRALL-SCREE, J>raelaskri3a,

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THRANDHEIM, orThrondheim, Jjrandheimr, mod. "Throndhjem "—

1. The bay of that name in Norway, with its outer mouth, Thrandheim-mouth, 55, 255.

2. The province so called, containing eight folk, 5, 265.

THRANDSTEAD, jjrandarstaftir, the last home, apparently, of Thrand the Strider, the ruins of which are still pointed out to the west of Ingiald's-knoll, 171.

THRONDHEIM, see Thrandheim.

THUVASTON (?), an alleged place of England, 195.

THWARTWATER, J>vera, a homestead some distance up from the bottom of Eyia-

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firth, generally known as Munka]>vera, 209.

THWARTWATER-LITHE, J>verarhli'S, the northern slope of the valley formed by Thwartwater, a northern tributary to Whitewater, 231.

TONGUE, Tunga, now called " Snartartunga," situate a short way inland from the bottom of Bitter, 158, 161, 165, 168.

TONGUE in Saelingsdale, see Sselingsdale-tongue.

TONGUE, now known as "Galtardalstunga," a homestead on Midfellstrand, 25.

TROLLSNECK, Trollahals, a mountain neck running round the bottom of Lavafirth, 51.

TWO-DAYS' HEATH, Tvidaegra, the upper mountain plateau forming the watershed between Kiarra, or upper Thwartwater in Burgfirth, and the water-system of Midfirth in the Northcountry, 219, 220, 221, 225.

ULFAR'S-FELL —

1. An isolated mountain on the western side of upper Swanfirth, n, 51, 84,

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2. Ahomestead "beneath the spurs of the mountain, a short distance up from the bottom of Swanfirth " (Th.

> 76, 79> 83» 91* 97,

171.

ULFAR'S-FELL - NECK, the northern spur of Ulfar'sfell dividing Thorswaterdale from Swanfirth, 83, 91, 117, 122.

UNDER - THE - LAVA, Undir Hrauni, the seat of Slaying Stir, situate on the eastern skirts of the Bareserks' Lava, eastofBearhaven,3i,7o,i35.

UNDER-THE-LAVA, the home of Cunning-Gils, according to Ka" lund, in all probability the present farm of " Hraunlond," situate south of Cnear, in eastern Broadwick, on the southern side of the Snowfell peninsula, 32.

VADILSHEAD, Vaftilshof Si, " a high headland on the western side of the bottom of Swanfirth, so called still to this day" (Th. 293), 20, 79, 91, 101.

VALBIORN'S-VALES, Valbjarnar vellir, a still existing homestead on the upper reaches of Steamriver in the western watershed of Burgfirth, 142.

VINELAND the Good, Vfnland itgofta, North America, 135.

WALLS, Veggir, short, for Sidemull-walls, SiSumiilaveggir, the homestead of Thorbiorn Brunison, situate in Whitewaterside a little to the

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west of Sidemull, on the northern side of the Water, 223, 238.

WATER, Vatn, a small lake in lower Waterdale, slightly to the north-east of the spurs of Asmund's-nip, 201.

WATERDALE, Vatnsdalr, a valley in the North-country stretching in a south-easterly line up from Hunafirth, with Willowdale to the west, and Longdale, part of Blanda's watershed, to the north, 196, 257.

WATERFIRTH (see vol. i., index), the homestead, at the top of the bay of the same name on the southern shore of the innermost part of Icefirth Deep, next to the topmost inlet from it on the same side, Icefirth, the home of Vermund the Slender, 153.

WATERNECK, Vatnshals, " east from Drapalith." " East of this homestead, on the northern spur of the mountain (/". e., Drapalith-fell), there is a small dale-shaped depression called Waterdale, . . . this clearly is the depression connected with which, in the Ere-dwellers' story, is the hillrise range called Waterneck" (K.), 13.

WATERNECK-HEAD, VatnshdlshofSi, 117.

WATERNESS, Vatnsnes, see vol. i., index and map, 165.

WESTFIRTHS, VestfirBir, syno-

nymous with the Western Quarter of Iceland, 18.

WESTHOPE, Vestrhdp, the countryside round Westhope-water, to the west of lower Willowdale, 202.

WESTHOPE-WATER, Vestrhopsvatn, an oblong lake of considerable size, west of lower Willowdale, from which it is divided by the basaltic hill-rises in connection with the so-called Burg work, 214.

WHALEFIRTH, Urthvalafjortfr, an inlet cutting south into the land from Broadfirth, on the eastern side of Onward-ere, and terminating in forked waters, the western fork being called Coalpitfirth, the eastern Lavafirth (cf. K. i. 429). Hence the reading "east away" we have changed to " west away," n.

WHITEWATER, see vol. i., index, 143, 153.

WHITEWATER-MEADS, Hvitarvellir, a house and marketplace on the southern bank of Whitewater, near the mouth of it, 208, 231, 234.

WHITEWATERSIDE, HvitarsrSa, the countryside formed of the slope of the mountain called Sidefell, " SttSufjall," which from Gilsbank to Side-mull runs parallel to Whitewater from east to west, 227.

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WICK, Vikin, the southern coastland of Norway, along Skagerrack and Christianiafirth, 5, 103.

WILLOWDALE, ViSidalr, the westernmost valley that sheds waters from the south into Hunabay, 194, 201,

211.

WlLLOWDALE-WATER,

dalsa, the main river of Willowdale, falling into the Hope, 214.

WOODSTRAND, Skogarstrond, the southern littoral of Hvammfirth, east of Swanfirth, 15.

WRACKFIRTH, faralatrsfjorSr, the next northernmost bay on the Strands, 164.

III. SUBJECT MATTER.

Ale drinking, 61-teiti, 95.

Althing, see Thing.

Altar, altari, 8.

Ark, ork, a big chest, 137.

Arvale, erfi, burial feast, 148.

Ash-heap, osku-haugr, 46, 47.

Atone, atonement, manngiold baeta, baetr, febaetr, 17, 49, 75, 80, 84 ; atonement offered in mockery, 192; craved in vain at three successive Althings, 194-196, 204.

Attack on a man in his house, in.

Award, gerS, arbitration in a friendly way, with consent of both parties ; by a. were settled : the religious feud between the Thorsnessings and Kiallekings, 16, 17 ; the blood-suits for Vigfus of Drapalithe, 65 ; the sons of Thorir Wooden-leg, 75 ; II. C

the thralls of Halt-foot, 81, 82 ; the insult done to Thord Wall-eye at Thorsness Thing, 109; the suit for the slain in the fights at Swanfirth and Swordfirth, 130, 131 ; the fight at Thorsness Thing between Thorstein of Hafsfirthisle and Snorri, 156 ; the Heath-slayings, 248-250. Axe, ox, see Tools, Weapons.

Bait, aeja, p. £Sa, pp. dtt, Lat. aquari, to rest horses, 223.

Bale-fire, bal, whereon a revenant is burnt, 172.

Ball-play, knattleikr, see Games and plays.

Banishment, gjora utlaga, Biorn the Easterner's punishment, 5 ; Thorolf Mostbeard's for harbouring Biorn,

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6 ; b. for three years, under Icelandic law, a full outlawry, 65, 75, 101, 250.

Baptism, see Sprinkling with water.

Bareserks, berserkir, characteristics of, 55, 56; too turbulent for most bonders to manage, 5 7 ; social outcasts,

58.

Bareserk fury, berserks -gangr, 69.

Bath, baSstofa, 68.

Bed, see 2. Hall.

Belief in a mountain as a tribe's paradise after death, 9 ; cf. 270, 271.

Bell-wether, forustu-geldingr, lit. herd-leader, 206.

Betrothal, ra$, see Wooing.

Blood, b!6$, shed in a hostile encounter on a hallowed spot, desecrates it, 17; lifeblood, hol-b!6$, arterial blood, supposed to taste differently to venous blood, 128, 287.

Blood-bowl, hlaut-bolli, xxxiiixxxvii, 8.

Blood-fines, bsetr, 80 ; cf. Atonement, Mangild, Weregild.

Blood-rain at Frodis-water, 139, 140.

Blood-rod, hlaut-teinn, xxxiv, 8.

Blood-suit, eftir-ma"!, 81, passim.

Boat, batr, serves as water reservoir for a stronghold, 1 66; cf. Ship.

Boat-stand, naust, 123, 124,

ISOBonder, bondi, a free householder, franklin, 57.

Bond-maid, ambatt, 80.

Boose, bass, stall in a byre, 173.

Boot, baetr, 82 ; cf. Atone.

Booths, biftSir, temporary abodes at market stations and Things, 102, 109.

Boundary-wall, haga-garSr, between two estates, 68.

Bridal, bni'<51aup, Norwegian spelling for bni^-hlaup, bride-leap (a word that tells the history of primitive marriage = bride-capture), 244,

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Brush, hali = tail, in the sayings : to drag the brush, draga eftir s£r halann = to show fagged and faint, 205 ; to bear the brush cocked, bera halann bratt = to bear oneself briskly and bravely, 206.

Bulk, biilki, the cargo of a ship, tied down to prevent it shifting, 102.

Burial in a howe, heygja ; of Biorn the Easterner at Burgbrook, 1 1 ; Thorolf Mostbeard at Howness, 14; Vigfus at Drapalithe, 62; Haltfoot, first in Thorswaterdale, 88, and then at Haltfoot's-head, 92 ; Arnkel at Vadils-head, 101 ; lykehelp, nabjargir, 88 ; laying out corpses, veita umbiinaft, biia um lik, 70, 100 ; any-

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one, summoned, was by law bound to go and help to bring " dead folks to burial," 90 ; burial at church, 146.

Burial- journey, lik-fer^S, Thorgunna's body carried to Skalaholt, some eighty miles distant from Frodis-water, 142-144.

Buttery, or pantry, biir, 143.

Cairn, dys (dysja, to encairn, to heap stones over a dead body), a low kind of burial accorded to criminals, witches, all persons, in fact, branded with social infamy,

, 88.

Candlemas, kyndilmessa, 151.

Cask, ker, with a lid, laced to the mast, with drink for all on board, 102.

Casting a spear over one's enemies for good luck in fight, 1 20, 284-286.

Cattle, maddened by ghosts, see Ghosts.

Causeway stones, brusteinar, 6i.

Charcoal, burning of, kolager$, 60, 61.

Chess, tafl, a chief with his sons sitting at, while housecarles are at work, 231.

Chest, kista, for weapons, 197, 199; coffin, 141 ; light and portable, svifti-kista, 137.

Chief, chieftain, hofSingi, hera'Sshof Singi, the secular title of a temple-priest, 9, 80.

Chieftainship, hofSingsskapr, secular prestige, 66.

Children dedicated to a favourite god, 12, 19, 265, 266.

Choir of a church, songhiis i kirkjum, in likeness thereof was the innermost chamber of the temple of Thorsness and elsewhere, xxxi, xxxii, 8.

Christian faith, kristni, kristnibo$, brought to Iceland,

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Churches, kirkjur, built by Snorri at Holy- Fell, Stir at "Under-the-Lava," Thorod Scat-catcher at Frodis-water, 135, 136; church-building much encouraged by priests promising to the patrons a "welcome place" in the kingdom of Heaven for as many people as their churches could hold standing* JSS-.

Church - going, Thorgunna's daily habit, 138.

Clemming, megri, 76.

Clothes, klae^i, well wrought, 22 ; coloured clothes, litklaeSi, 47, 105, in, 211; Thorgunna's wardrobe, 136, 137. Cf. Dress.

Coffer, hirzla, for weapons, see Chest.

Combing hair, kemba har, 46.

Cook, matsveinn, on board ship, 101.

Cook-maid, matselja, 45.

Copse, hrisrunnr, 105.

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Corpse, lik, " swathed in linen,

but not sown up," 142. Corpse-bearers, likmenn, 143-

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Court of law, domr, the first in Broadfirth set up at Thorsness by Thorolf Mostbeard, 9 ; broken up by force, 30, 34. Cf. Thing.

Court of forfeiture, f£ransddmr, 163, 165.

Cow, k^r, bewitched, 172-174.

Daymeal-tide, dagmal dags, 9 o'clock a.m., 226.

Deck, Jnljur, of a ten-oarer, removable, 124.

Deer-hound, d^r-hundr, a foxhound, 112.

Digging- tools, graf-tol, for the burial of the dead, 91.

Dishes, tryglar, or trenchers, 23; diskar, i.e. plates: "no dishes there were in those days," i.e. about 1020; a statement which shows that they were in Iceland already in the days of the writer of the saga, 212.

Divorce : Bardi divorces his first wife on the ground of the miserliness of his fatherin-law, 243. 244; his second, because she would rouse him from sleep by throwing at him first a pillow, and then a stone, 258.

Doom, see Court-of-law.

Doom - ring, dom - hringr, circular seat-arrangement for the judges at a Thing, 18.

Door-doom, dura-ddmr, 34, 275 ; held to expel ghosts from a haunted house, 150152.

Dowry, heiman-fylgja, 30, 244.

Draught-oxen, eykr, 77.

Dreams, draumar, 225, 226.

Dress: belt, 118; cap, hooded, floka-hetta, of felt with horn sown into it round the neck, 127 ; cape, kapa, black, 22, blue, 133 ; mantle, blue, skikkja bla, 47 ; cloak of scarlet, skarlats - skikkja, 141 ; skin cloak, skinnstakkr, a thrall's working attire, 100 ; hose-breeches, leista - braekr, 128; kirtle, earth-brown, mobriinn kyrtill, of magic workmanship, to withstand weapons, 33, 36 ; red kirtle, raufcr kyrtill, 118; sark, serkr, 217 ; shirt, skyrta, 223 ; shoe, skdr, 15 ; shoe-ties, tasselled, skufaSir ]?vengir, 115; shoe-spikes, sko-broddar, 126.

Drifts of the sea and driftright, reki, 157.

Drinking - horns, clank of, horna-skvol, 19.

Earth-ban, jarS-bonn, 158, 289.

Ell, oln, alin, standard of measure and value or currency, 102, 283, 284.

Erne, orn, of a weird sort seizes a deer - hound and flies with it towards Haltfoot's howe, 112.

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leif to have been the language of the people among whom he found Biorn west beyond the main, 180.

Faith, si$r, atnlna^Sr, changing it, regarded as unmanly, 10.

Fast, fasting, fasta, unknown in the earliest days of Christianity in Iceland, 146.

Feasts, bo^S : autumn feast, haustbo'S, in Hawkdale, and at Seastead, 20 ; at Vermund's, 58 ; at Arnkel's, 83 ; at Snorri's, 95, 96; Yule feast, jola-drykkja, atThorolf Halt-foot's, 79; at Snorri's, 125; Yule ale, jola-61, at Frodis-water, 148; summer feast at Frodis-water, 131,

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Fell-bothies, sel, dairy-huts up mountain, 219.

Fetters, fjotrar, 115.

Field of deed, vettfangr, a criminal taken red-handed on, out of the law, and might be slain then and there with impunity; but beyond it he was within the law, and might not be summarily executed : Snorri's interpretation, 81.

Fieldwork, forverk, 76.

Fighting: by Ketil Flatneb, west over the sea, 4; on, the field of Thorsness Thing, 15, 1 6 ; at Thorsness Thing between Illugi the Black and the Kiallekings, 30, 3 1 ; at Mewlithe, 34, 35 ; at

Combegarth, 35, both between Thorarin the Swart and Thorbiorn of Frodiswater; at Bigmull between Biorn of Broadwick and Thorod Scat-catcher, 73, 74; at Swanfirth, 119-122, at Swordfirth, 125-127, both between the Jire-dwellers and the Swanfirthers ; at Thorsness Thing between Thorstein of Hafsfirthisle and Snorri, 154, 155; in Bitter, between Uspak and his neighbours, 160; between Uspak and Thorir of Tongue, 162 ; between Uspak and the allied bands of Sturla Thiodrekson and Snorri, 168-170; on Twodays' Heath between Bardi's band and the Burgfirthers, 234-241.

Fire, sacred, Thorolf goes with fire over the whole of his land-lake from west to casty 8, cf. vol. i., xliv.

Fires, eldar, for warming houses : long - fires, langeldar, on an oblong hearth along the middle of the floor of the hall, 149; meal-fires, maleldar, fires lighted for cooking, 61, 113, 145, 147, 149, 15 1 ; the little fire, hinn litli eldr, lit in a chamber for a shift, 149.

Fire-hall, elda-skali, eldhtis, 88, 145, 147, 149, 151.

Fish, stock-fish, skrerS, kept in store at a fishing station,

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and fetched at need, 147,

148, 173 ; stored in a buttery adjoining the hall, 145, 146, 149, 150. HenceFish - heap, stockfish - heap,

skreiftar-hlaSi (145, 146),

149, 150.

Fishing, fiskiroSr, not beneath a goSi to engage in ; yet his nickname, "Codbiter," takes off contemporary opinion on the subject, 18, 1.9.

Flinger, Fleygir, name of a shy bell-wether, 206.

Flows, bogs, keldur, 142.

Follower, fylgdar-ma'Sr, a personal attendant on a chief, 92, 96.

Following, fylgdar-menn, coll., the personal attendants, 98.

Food, meat, matr, more easily obtained in the land-settling period than afterwards, 9; crossed, /.*., the sign of the cross made over it, when a ghost has had to do with it, 144 ; kinds of food and foodstuffs mentioned : cheese, ostr, 129, 224, 225; curds, skyr, 129; grout, grautr, 103 (" good enough for Gisli's bane," a still current proverb), 23; fish, q.v., mutton, beef, cf. 205-207, 212, 216; whale-flesh, 158160.

Forecastle, Jjiljur frammi, 102.

Foreshore, fjara, drift - right property, 158.

Foster-brothers, fost-braefcr, 20, 21, 200, 203.

Fosterer, foster-father, fdstri, 199.

Fostering, f6str, of a chieftain's child away from home, 20.

Fosterling, fostri, — more such named in the Heath-slayings' than any other Iceland saga : Guest, son of Thorhall, Olaf and Day, Kollgris, Thord Fox, 202, Arngrim of Audolfstead, 204, Thorliot, Yeller's fosterling, 201.

Foster-mother, fostra, 207, 256.

Fowls, fuglar, settling on Thorolf s howe, fell down dead, 89.

Freedman, leysingi, 13, 79; his property at death claimed by the giver of his freedom, 83, 85, cf. 281.

Frith-place, friSstaSr, sanctuary, the apse of the heathen temple, 8 ; cf. Temple.

Gag, kefla, mode of weaning lambs, 129.

Gallows, galgi, 48.

Games and plays, leikar, held turn and turn about between neighbours, 79 ; turf-play, torf-leikr, 109 ; ball-play, knattleikr, 112-114; playhalls, leikskdlar, built for the accommodation of the sporting company, 112.

Garth, garSr, the wall round the home-field or homemead, tiingarSr, 45, 83, 84, 96, 228, 229; hence the home-stead itself, 225 ; specially the wall round a

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yard where haystacks are ricked, hey-gar«r, 35, 99, 100, as well as the yard itself, rick-yard, stakk-garSr, 77, 98, 101.

Ghosts : revel in side Holy-Fell, all illuminated by fires, 19; walk more freely when the sun gets low, 89 ; madden, aera, cattle, 89, 91 ; cause cattle to be troll-ridden, troll-riSa, 89 — this is a disease of the lower spine, affecting the hind quarters with partial palsy, and in sheep, more particularly in lambs, is called skjogr; those killed by ghosts walk in their company, 90, 146 ; fear those who were their match in life, 90 ; while the ghost walks the dead body does not rot, 91, 172 ; Thorgunna steps out of her own coffin to wait upon the bearers of her corpse, and then goes back into it of her own accord, 143 \ when drowned people walk they have been well received by Ran, q.v., 148 ; wet ghosts from the sea, and " bemoulded" ones from the grave, return to the warmth of the fire-hall, 148, 149; Stir assaults in death a bonder's daughter, 153 . Thorolf, in his second walk-' ing, spares neither man nor beast, 171; even fire is loth to take hold of him when he

is burnt at last, 172; in his very ashes he still lives on for evil, and ends his fiendish career in Glossy's well, 172178.

Gifts, gjafir (see vol. i., 222), refused for first help, 31 ; of two bareserks to Vermund, 56-59; to honoured guests at parting, 83, 84, 96, 132 ; a foster-brother's gift, 251.

Glossy, Glaesir, a witch-bull, 174-178.

GoSSi, cf. vol. i., xxviii-xxxi, 222 ; his duties as temple priest or supreme pontiff described, xxxi-xxxiv, 8, 9 ; his secular authority enforced at the point of the sword, 15, 16; is expected to enforce even-handed justice, 80 ; and to lay ghosts, 150-152.

Gods' images arrayed round the altar in the holy place, 9.

God's nails, regin-naglar, xxxi, 8.

Guardian of a freedman's property and person, varna^Sarma^Sr, 79.

Guilt-fines, sektar f£, 52.

Hallowed water, holy water, vigt vatn, haunted houses purified by, 144, 151.

Hallowing, helgi, of a Thing,

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Handsel, handsal, -a, handselja,cf. vol. i., index, of selfdoom, 23, 75 ; of a bargain,

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24, 25; of truce, 16,31,34; of one's goods and property to a patron, 79, 81, 85, 86 ; of transference of goods and lands to another for a limited time, 250, cf. 254.

Hanging, punishment of a dastard, 48; of thralls for attempted arson, 79.

Haymaking, hay-work, fieldwork, hey-verk, tiin-annir, 132, 205 ; bear put scythe, bera lit Ija = begin to mow, 76 ; mowing, sla, slattr, in homefields, 76, 77, 132, 139 ; in out-meadows, 76, 218, 220, 223, 226, 228; spreading h., Jmrka, 139; ridging, rifja, 139 ; raking up, 139; hay-cocks, sa"ta, stdrsaeti, 177, 206; carrying home, carting, aka, ekja, 139, 206; ricking, hla'Sa, 139; hay-rick, "hey," 99.

He-goat, hafr, Katla's son turned into, by magic, 46.

Hersir, 3, 12, 263.

High-seat, ondvegi, hasaeti, 7, 19, 88, 116, cf. 268-270.

Hlaut, that kind of blood which flowed when those beasts were smitten which were sacrificed to the gods, xxxiii-xxxiv, 8, 9.

Holmgang, hdlmganga, single combat, 13.

Holy place, af hus, the walledoff apse-formed part of a temple within which were the idols, the stall, the blood-bowl, the blood-rod,

and the sacred ring, xxxixxxii, 9.

Holy water, see Hallowed water.

Home-field, home-mead, tun, toSur, the enclosed, manured, and cultivated plot of ground surrounding a homestead, 35, 77, 118, 119, 138, 139, 209-210.

Home - men, heima - menn, men-servants, 33, 88, 118, 128, 143, 148, 149, 201, 205.

Home-pastures, [heima-] hagar, opposite to mountain pastures, afre'ttr, 206.

Home-woman, heima-kona = handmaid, 147.

Hood, he^inn, prop, goatskin, cast a hood over one's head = to hoodwink,

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Horn, horn, sown into a hooded cap round the neck, a sort of defensive armour, 127.

Horse, hestr, geldings, 209 ; stud-horses kept on mountain pastures, 32 ; fighting horse, vighestr, 32 ; pet horses all white except for black ears, 196, 208, 220, 223 ; horses slaughtered for meat, 32 ; used for carting hay, 206 ; horse gear : saddle, sofcull, fair stained, 22; trough-saddle, ancient, trogsoftull, 22 ; woman's saddle, 214, 215; saddle girths, gjarSir, ib.

Hospitality : Geirrid builds her a hall across the highway, and keeps open house to all comers, 13; an honoured guest is shown to the highseat, 23, 39 ; guests are divested of wet clothes, and given dry ones, 168; man and wife join in preparing meat for guests, 222 ; Gudmund maintains freely Bardi and his shipwrecked fellowoutlaws for a winter, 252254, cf. Feasts.

Hours, tiftir, horae, sung A.D. 1001 at Frodis-water, 152.

House: i. Hall, skali, built across the highway, Geirrid's open house, 13.

2. Hall, fire-hall, skali, eldaskdli, eldhiis ; Haltfoot's at Hvamm, 88, 89 ; Thorod's, at Frodis-water, 145,147-149. In this hall burnt the meal-fires = was cooking done, and at these fires people sat until they went to meals in another, the dining, apartment, stofa. The fire-hall was the common sleeping apartment in Icelandic homesteads. Here were the lockbeds, lokrekkjur, 59-60, 145, and beds, rum, 146. This had two alcoves or butteries, klefar, towards the main entrance, one filled with stock-fish, the other with cereals, 145 ; with a tie-beam, Jjvertre, above, 146 ; the opening of

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the stockfish buttery must be reached by a ladder, stigi, 146 ; the walls of this hail had panelling, veggjjili, 145. Here, at the inner end, was Thorgunna's bed, rekkja, 137-142, appointed as follows : bedclothes, rekkju-klae^i, 137 ; — curtains, rekkju-refill, 137 ; — gear, arsalr, 137, 142, 151 ; rekkju-klaefti, -biina^r, 141, 142 ; — hangings, rekkjutjald, 141 ; — sheets, English, enskar blsejur, 137, 142; bolster, d^na, 142; : v mattress, perhaps better pillow, hsegindi, 142, cf. small pillow, haegindi litit, 258 ; silken quilt, silki kult, 137, 142.

3. Hall, sitting-hall, skali, setaskali, banqueting hall, double - doored, through which one could pass into the fire-hall, 148. Possibly the same as —

4. Hall, stove, chamber, stofa, the family sanctum, expressly named only at Holt, 45-47; at Combe, 74; at Karstead, 118, 119, 174, 175 ; at Netherness, 143, 144; at Thambardale, 161; not named, though certainly understood, at Bearhaven, 39; at Holy-Fell, 1 1 6 ; at Asbiorn's-ness, 212; at Walls, 224, 225; at Maddervales, 252. Of fittings, furniture, appointments, &c.,

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are mentioned : dais, pallr, 45 ; hollow inside and capable of concealing a fullgrown person, with a lid, hlemmr, to the opening, 47; benches, bekkir, 118; lower bench, annarr bekkr, 252 ; door, dyrr, 45 ; floor, gdlf, 40, 118; gable wall, gaflhlaS, 225 ; high-seat, ondvegi, ondugi, 7, 23,39; high-seat pillars, ondvegissiilur, 7, 8, 267-270 ; seat, sitting-place, riim, 45 ; seat, bolster, haegindi, 47 ; settle, setstokkr, 54; table, board, trencher, 13, 23, 129, 167, 205, 212, 213, 225.

Approach to these halls led in through the outer door, ilti dyrr, 33, 46, 118, 119, which was closed with a door, litihurS, 94, made of boards secured to doorledges, hurSarokar, 95, moving in a groove, a klofa, 119, 284; next inside was the doorway, dyrr, liti-dyrr, 6 1, 119, communicating with the porch, ond, 46 ; over the doorway and, apparently, the porch also, was the " loft over the outer door," loft yfir litidyrum, 61, with floor of removable boarding, 61. From these halls led sometimes a secret door or passage, laundyrr, 165.

5. Hall, play-hall, leikskali, a sort of sporting lodge,

112-115; with porch, forhiis, 115, chairs, stools, st611, 113, messward arrangements, fire, &c., 114.

6. Bath, baSstofa (exceptional and for a special purpose), 68, 69, with a forechamber, forstofa, 69, closed by a trap-door, hlemmr, 69, 70; heated by a furnace, ofn, 68, fed through a window or opening, gluggr, 68, 70.

7. Meat-bower, buttery, or pantry, biir, 45, 143.

8. Stithy, smrSja, 224, 226, 229.

9. Byre, fjos, 173.

i o. Privy, " in those days outside the houses," 61.

House-boar, tiingoltr, 47.

House-carle, huskarl, farmlabourer, 34-36, 62, 74, 146, 147, 213-215, 229, 231; cf. Workman.

Howe, cf. cairn, a heathen's tomb, 11,14, 62,89,91,92, 101, 112, 172.

Husbandman, a weatherwise, 76, 77-

Ice from the main, hafis, packice driven on the land by northern gale, 158.

Iceland-faring, IslandsferS, undertaken at Thor's bidding, 7.

Illugi's lay, Illugadrapa, see Skalds.

Jointure, mundr, 30, 244.

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Journeying abroad, the fashion of well-born youths, 21, 22.

Jury of twelve, tylftar kviSr, verdict, finding of, 29, 274.

Kindred, dependants, skuldali'8, taken on board ship when the head of the family emigrates to Iceland, 7.

Land-take, land-settling, landndm ;. the master of the emigrant ship takes the land he thinks he requires, and gives thereof to his companions what pleases him, 8, n ; or gives part thereof to later comers, 1 3 ; or sells to later comers portions of it, 13.

Lather, lau'Sr, loftr, 209.

Law, as to the duty of neighbours to bury the dead, 90 ; as to who should be plaintiffs to blood-suits, 1 01.

Law-seers, logsjaendr, 34, 274.

Law-suits : Thorsnessings v. Kiallekings, 16-18; Thorbiorn v. Geirrid of Mewlithe, 29, 30 ; Illugi v. Tinforni, 30, 31 ; Snorri v. Arnkel, 50-52, 81, 93; v. Biorn Broadwicker's Champion, 74, 75 ; v. Thorstein Gislison, 154; v. Uspak of Bitter, 163, 164.

Laziness, tomlaeti, a common reproach to Icelanders by Norwegians, 103.

Lever-beam, brot, 172.

Load-ropes, reip, ropes, used

for tying up horse-loads, 93-

Man-gild,manngjold,cf. Atone.

Man-mote, mannfundir, manna-m<5t, public gatherings, 8, 104, 199, 203, 204.

1. Mark, mark, the variouslyformed and combined excisions from the ears of sheep, whereby the owner may recognize them, 53.

2. Mark, mork = eight ounces of silver; three marks of silver offered in bribe to commit murder, 83-84.

Market, kaupstefna, 208, 220,

223.

Meal, mjol, 145 ; see Food. Meals, mal, evening meal, 15;

breakfast, dagverSr, dog-

urSr, 212, 224. Meal-fires, maleldar, fire at

which cooking was done in

the fire-hall, 61, 145, 147-

149, 151. Meat, see Food. Mess-ward, biiftar-vorSr, 101,

102, 114, 283.

Mess-kettle, biiSar-ketill, 103. Milking, mjaltir, by women

on an open milking-stead,

stoftull, 172. Miser, niSingr, unfit to be a

good and true man's fatherin-law, 244. Moon of Weird, Ur'Sar-mani,

145, 289. Mortice, fjotrar-rauf, in a

sledge-runner, 99 ; vaga-

borur, in a hay-cart, 133.

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Mould, sacred, see Temple.

Names of persons derived from

that of a favourite god, 6 ;

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favourite god. Neat, naut, dapple-grey, Tho-

rolf's ghost, 173; the sire

of the bull Glossy, q. v. Neat's-hide, nautshii'S, raw and

slimy, spread for a bare-

serk's trap, 69, 70. Neat's winter-fodder, nauts-

fo$r, 139, 288. Night-meal, nattmal, the time

of 9 p.m., 172, 294. Nones of the day, eykt dags,

3 o'clock p.m., 223, 294.

Oath, eifcr, taken on the sacred ring, xxxii, xxxiii, 8, 29, 30.

Onslaught, frumhlaup, first attack, in law the gravest fact in all cases concerning breach of the peace, 17, 53, 93, 203.

Out-country, out-parish men, utan-he"ra:5s menn, hailing from parts beyond the jurisdiction of a go«i, 33, 94.

Oxen, yxn, seven slaughtered down at once for one household, 78; used for drawing sledges, 88-89, 91, 97.

Pair of beads, steina-sorvi, -seyrvi, 217, 222, 236.

Pairing men together, mannjofnu^r, an invidious merriment, 95, 96, 282-283.

Partnership in ships, 32.

Pasture-ground for horses in upland wildernesses, 32, 52.

Personal descriptions : ofAmbiorn, 104; Arnkel, 100; Asdis, daughter of Stir, 32, 66 ; Biorn, Broadwickers' Champion, 104 ; Eyolf, son of Thorgisl Hewer, 239 ; Hun and Lambkar, 211 ; Odd, Katla's son, 2 7 ; Snorri the Priest, 22-26; Steinthor of Ere, 21 ; Stir, 21, 31, 32 ; Thorarin the Swart, 27 ; Thorgunna, 138; Thorleif Kimbi, 22 ; Thorolf Mostbeard, 6; Thrand the Strider, 167; Uspak, 157; Vermund, 21.

Pillow, see 2. Hall.

Priests, prestar, Christian, 136, 151 j heathen, see Go^i.

Priesthood, go^Sorft, of the Redmell folk, RauSmelingar, taken out of Thorsness Thing, 157.

Purse of money, sjoSr, 25, 49, 82, 119.

Quick -fire, kveyktr eldr, arson, Si.

Ran, Ran, the wife of and queen of the ocean, see Superstitions.

Ransack, ransacking, ransokn, rannsaka, domiciliary search for stolen goods, 33, 34 ; for a criminal, 44-47.

Raven-lay, Raven's song, Hramsmal, see Skalds.

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Ride-by-nights (marliBendr), kveldrriSa, 28, 29, 274.

Ring, hringr, golden, bequeathed by Thorgunna to Skalaholt, 141; see Temple.

Road, vegr, made by bareserks over an impassable lava, 68, 69, 278-279.

Robbery, ran, with violence, Uspak's, 159, 1 6 1, 164, 165.

Runagates, einhleypingar, vagabonds, 20 1.

Sacrifice, human, blot, mannblot, xxxiii, 18.

Seafaring, warlike, 4 ; ventured upon in winter only along the coast of Norway, 5.

Seal, selr, a weird apparition, 147.

Seal-skin bag, selbelgr, drawn over the head of a witch to make her sorcery powerless,

47Self-doom, sjalfdaemi, a sort of

legal surrender at discretion

by the offender, 23. Servants, serving-folk, hjon,

thirty such at Frodis-water,

ISOShearing hair, skera har, 46. Sheep, live stock, f£, biife*, kvikfe, sauSir, 25, 26 ; tending, 19 ; driving, 36 ; watching of in winter, 97, 112; tending, embaetta, at morning meal, milking the ewes, 210 ; in hard winters driven into other country-sides for better pasture, 158.

Sheep-fold, -folding, rett, foldgarth, re*ttar - garftr, 52 ; byrgi, 68 ; drawing out sheep, draga saufci, to pick out every owner's sheep by the mark on their ears, 52.

Sheep-gleaning, eftirleit, search after first ingathering, 113.

Sheep-walks, afre'ttr, mountain pastures over which sheep roam at large in summer, 53, 206.

Ship, skip, kinds of: bark, skiita, 5 ; boat, batr, small, 123; cock-boat with an ocean-going ship, 71, 72 ; ten-oarer, teinaer-ingr, with removable deck, Jnljur, 123127, 147; twelve-oarer, tolfaeringr, 159; boats holding sixteen men each, 1 1 8 ; longship, langskip, 6 ; merchant ship, kaupskip, 32, 101, 132, 134, 136, 251 ;; ocean-going, hafskip, 7 ; skiff, ferja, 54 ; ships are drawn ashore in winter, 255 ; life on board ship, 1 01, 102. Appointments : bailing-butt, ausU skota, 246 ; cask, q.v. ; deck, q.v. ; mast, sigla, 102 ; oars, arar, 1 24, 246 ; thoft, J?6pta, ib. ', thole-plank, ib.

Ship-master, styrimaftr, 101, 102.

Shipmates, skipverjar, receive tenements within the settler's land-take, 8.

Shipwreck, skipbrot, 251; shipwrecked crew rescued, 71, 72.

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Shrive, skripta, 151. Siege of a work, 169. Silver, silfr, the ordinary metallic currency ; burnt, /.*., refined, brent, 7 1 ; fifty hundreds = 50x120 = 6000 ells' worth thereof given to a chieftain's son for a year's travelling abroad, 21 ; one half of the estate of HolyFell (over-)valued at sixty hundreds, 24 ; twelve ounces of, a thrall's weregild, 82, 119.

Skalds : Biorn of Broadwick : (Thurid's lay), seven strophes, 73, 74, 105108.

Eric Wide-sight : (Heathfight lay), seven verses, 222,233-234,238,253254, cf. p. 303. Halli the Bareserk : (As-

dis' ditty), 69. Leiknir his fellow, likewise, 69.

Odd: Illugi's lay, 30-31,

two strophes (fragm.).

Stir : (Bareserks' dirge),

70, one strophe. Thorarin the Swart : Mewlithers' lay, 37-44, sixteen strophes + a ditty,

SiThorbiorn Brunison :

(Death-lay), 224-226,

four strophes. Thormod Trefilson :

Raven-lay, -song, 62,

100, 122 - 123, five

strophes.

Thorod of Karstead's foster-mother : (Fosterling's gravesong), 176, two strophes. Thurid of Asbiorn's-ness : (Whetting), 213, one strophe.

Skin-changers or shapechangers, men who from ordinary beings, in great emergencies, could become preternaturally strong, hamramir, 69, 167, 292.

Sledge, sleSi, 88, 91, 97, 99.

Smithy, smithying, smiSa, smtfS, a blacksmith's craft, 224, 226, 229 ; smifcja, 232 = stithy.

Sorcery, cf. Katla, Gudlaug Thorbiornson, CunningGils, Thorgrima Witchface, Geirrid of Mewlithe, in Index of Persons.

Spinning yarn, 44-46.

Spoon, spann, 23.

Sprinkling with water, ausa vatni, heathen baptism, 19.

Stall, stall-ring, see Temple.

Stockfish, see Fish.

Stone, steinn, emblem of sloth and uselessness, 212-213 ; stones heated for warming houses, 149.

Stone of Thor, £6rs steinn, over which men were broken who were sacrificed, 18.

Stoning to death, berja grjdti i hel, a witch's execution, 48.

Storm, hrilS-vtfSri, wrought by magic, 106-108.

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Stroking a man over, ]?reifa urn, a wizard woman's way of ascertaining before a battle a man's liability to be wounded; if no "big bumps" were felt no great danger of life was ahead, 217.

Summoning days, stefnu-dagar (cf.voli., 187), 29,50, 130.

Superstitions, cf. Belief. A dead evil person, likely to walk, should not be approached from the front till lyke-help was given, i.e. his eyes and mouth were closed, 88 ; he should be carried out through the wall which was at his back when he died, 88; drowned people, walking and appearing at their arvale, were well received by Ran, the goddess of the sea, 148 ; one witch about to be outdone by another feels "uncouth," 47; witches have the power of changing human beings into a spinning-wheel, a goat, a hog, cf. Katla, and to raise storms at will, cf. Thorgrima Witchface ; wizards are believed to know who is a thief, cf. Cunning-Gils.

Tail, rofa, " short-haired " and " seal-haired," mysterious and uncanny, 149, 150.

Take of the sea, sjofang, easier to come by in the landsettling days than later, 9.

Temple, hof, in the island of Most, 6; pulled down, tekit ofan, its timbers, viSir, shipped, the mould, mold, from under its stall, the stall itself undoubtedly, and Thor's image which stood on it, taken on board by Thorolf on going to Iceland, 7 ; re-erected at Thorsness, 8 ; — Icelandic temples, their form, xxxi-xxxii ; "ornamentaetinstrumenta": stall, stallr, in the holy place, the apse, " hiifa," on it the stallring, stallahringr, the temple-priest's badge of office, weighing twenty ounces, by which all men must swear, and the blood-bowl, hlautbolli, sometimes at least of copper, together with the blood-sprinkler, hlaut-teinn ; behind the stall : the images of the gods, Thor's, the national god's, in the middle, arranged, apparently, semicircularly, xxxi-xxxiv, 8, 9 ; the nave was the public temple, entered by a door near to one end of it, consequently through one of the side walls ; inside : the high-seat pillars secured by the god's nails, regin naglar, xxxi-xxxiv, 8 ; temple toll, tollr, 9.

Thing, cf. vol. i., Thorsness Thing, a spring thing (of course), 24 ; the sacredness of it, 9, 14-16; desecration

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of, by human blood shed in anger, cause of its removal. 17, 18; law cases at, cf. Award, Courts of law, 29, 30, 5o-52> 53.54* 65,74-75,8182, 93, 108-109, 130-131, 154, 156, 163. — Quarter Thing, set up at Thorsness by Thord Yeller, vol. i., xxxiii, 1 8. — Althing, TOI, 1 54,193)! 96, 228.— Thingman, jpingma^r, a chiefs retainer, 9, 15, 157. — Thingbrent, £ing-brekka, 155. Thor-worship, xxxi-xxxiii, 6-9. Thorgaut's loom = Thorgaut's

sword, 229, 235-237. Thralls, slaves, frselar, mad with fear, 36, 37, 98, 275277 ; hard- worked, 76, 77, 97 ; freedom offered them as bribe to commit murder and arson, 60, 79, 113; thrall's were-gild, 82, 116119.

Title, heimildar-tak, to a handselled piece of land, 92. Tools and implements : Adze, talgu-6x, 95. Axe, ox, for cutting up

whale-flesh, 159. Bowl, trygill, lit. small

trough, 224.

Chain-knife, see Whittle. Drawing - tongs, spenni-

tong, 129.

Hrifa, rake, 138, 140. Pike-staff, fjallstong, 52,

53-

Rock, spinning-wheel, rokkr, 45, 46.

Scythe, !£, Ijaorf, 76, 205. Sledge-hammer, jarn-

dreps-sleggja, 147. Stirring-stick, J>vara, 103. Whetstone, br^ni, harS-

steinn, 222. Whittle, chain-knife,

tygil-knifr, 217, 222,

236; talgu-knifr, 133. Trading, kaupferS, to Dublin,

7i, 179-

Truce, grifc, a handselled preliminary peace or suspension of hostilities, from the time the deed was committed till the party or parties in question reached their home, or else till legal settlement should have fallen, 16, 31, 121, 122, 130, 155 ; security for life and limb, 34, 1 34 ; truce speech or formulary in alliterative prose, griftamdl, 244-246 ; trucebreaker, gri^ni^ingr, 247.

Tuns, verplar, portable vessels with drink on board ship, 102.

Unhallowed, uhelgr, of a sacred place, desecrated, 17; of persons, he who has forfeited the right to atonement, 17.

Verdict of not guilty, bjarg-

kvtfSr, 81, 280, 281. Viking, vikingr, a sea rover,

13; a scoundrel, 164, 171,

291.

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Visions. The shepherd of Thorstein Codbiter sees him, before his death was known, feasting inside the illuminated Holy-Fell, 19; Egil the Strong sees an eagle seize his dog and fly with it to Halt-foot's howe, 112 ; Weird's moon is seen at Frodis- water, 145 ; Thorbiorn Brunison sees in his meat but blood, 224 ; and a river of mould rushing through his ungabled house, 225.

Wadmal, vaftma'l, native homespun, 102.

Wain, vogur, a sort of haycart, 133.

Weapons, vapn, carried on the person on leaving the house, 15, 73, 92 ; cast on the floor during meals, 23 ; to be fought by one's own weapons, the direst insult, 215, 216, 229, 235, 237. — Weapons of attack: arrow, or, 129; axe, ox, 96, 105, 133, 162, 163, 169; bill, atgeirr, 61 ; bear-bill, bjarn-svi'Sa, 162, 163 ; bow, bogi, 125; spear, spjot, 22,

93, 99, H9.» I25> I26; shot over and into the hostile ranks for good luck, 120, 284 ; shaft, skaft, of, 99 ; twirl-spear, snerispjot, 170; sword, sverS, 22, 84, 99, 109, 115, 118, 121, 127 ; a soft, 120, 286 ; a good, 197 ; II- D

grip of, meSal-kafli, 1 1 8 ; hilt of, hjalt, gaddhjalt, 23, 118; ornamental strings of, listur, 1 1 9. — W. of defence : helm, hjalmr, 118; shield, skjoldr, 22, 84, 93, 99, 118, 119, 126, 209; to shift shield = change sides, 120.

Weaving, vaftverk, 138.

Weird, furSa, boding death, 140.

Weregild, manngjb'ld, baetr, see Atone.

Whale, hvalr, a valuable drift,

158.

Will, the earliest Christian, on record in Iceland, Thorgunna's of A.D. 1001, 141.

Winter-guest, vetr-gestr, 255.

Winter-nights, vetr-naetr, 95,

, 112, 164, 165, see vol. i., 182.

Witchcraft, galdr, a coveted lore, 27-29; its baneful effects, 29 ; a criminal art to pursue, 29; women skilled in witchcraft : Geirrid, Katla, Thorgrima, Thorod of Karstead's foster-mother, Alof.

Wonders, undr, of Frodiswater, 139 foil. ; of Swanfirth, see Ghosts ; of Walls, see Visions.

Wood, skogr, vi«r, 81, 86, 87, 92, 93 ; big wood in Whitewaterside, " such as in those days were wide about the land," 227 ; wood-cutting, skogarhogg, 86, 92 ; woodhorses, vifcar-hestar, horses D

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carrying loads of dried " timber," 93.

Wooing, ra^S, a bareserk's scouted as being disgraceful to good families, 58, 66, 67 ; Thorleif Kimbi's refused because he had been smitten and scalded by a hot stirringstick, 1 08, 109.

Word, fr£tt, oracle, 7.

Work, virki, a fort, fightingstead, 158, 160, 164, 169.

Workman, verka-maEr, verk-

ma^Sr, farm-labourer, 47, 76,

77Wounds, sar, bound up, 35 ;

tended to and dressed, 129. Wright's work, verk-smi$, 199.

Yokeard, EykjarSr, name of a nag at Asbiorn's-ness, 213.

Yule, jdl, 147, 166, ^73 ; Yuleale, Yule • drinking, see Feasts ; Yule-fast, jola-fasta, Advent, 146.

POETICAL PERIPHRASIS.

I. Proper names on which certain periphrases turn ; they are all found in the Icelandic equivalents where, in the translation, a noun appellative has been employed.

Ali, a sea-king, 70^.

Ati, a sea-king, 2254.

Auma, an island of Norway,

Bil, a maiden robbed by the Moon, regarded as a goddess, 742S.

Draupnir, Odin's ring of gold, which produced eight rings, each as heavy as itself, every ninth night,

Fenrir, a wolf, son of Loki

and Angrbo^a, io533. Fjolnir, one of" Odin's "names,

Frodi, a sea-king, 4OI9.

Gautr, one of "Odin's "names,

5V GerSr, Frey's wife, "goddess"

by affinity, 42,,, 6g6,

i7<V Gioll, Gjoll, a river of the

nether world, next to

Hell-gate, 4oar. Gunnr, a valkyrja, io613.

Hell, queen of the nether

world, 224a9. Hlin, a " goddess," guardian of

Frigg's favourites among

men, 4i?, 69,8, io7x6. Hogni, a war-king of fame, 42a6. Hroptr, one of "Odin's"

names, 41,.

Hugin, Odin's news -raven, 394-

Leifi, a sea-king, iooI0.

Modi, son of Thor, 37^. Morn, Morn, the river Marne of

France, io6x. Munin, Odin's news - raven,

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Niorun, a "goddess," 107,,.

Niord, NjorSr, pi. NirtSir, a "god," 39,3, 6223.

Rakni, a sea-king, 40^. Rin, the Rhine, 156,,,.

Sigg, an "island " of Norway, 69^.

Ullr, one of the gods, 213,3. of " Odin's " names,

393*- jjriiSr, a valkyrja, 4ol6.

II. PERIPHRASIS PROPER.

Archer : Flinger abroad, &c., see Men specially alluded to, Thorarin. Flinger of hail of the bow, alm-svells bo$i, 2427.

Arm : Hand's reed down hanging, bandar hnig-

Arrow : Flame of the swordstorm, fiirr frseninga-

Hail of the bow, dlm-svell, 242,.

Spae-maids of the man-mote, where heavily roareth the thunder of warchoosers over the mead, spa-meyjar Jnngs bins Jjunga hjaldrs J?ni$arvangs, 4015.16.

Blood : Brook of Fenrir,

brunnr Fenris, io533. Brooks of the blood- (lit.

Blood — continued.

wound-) wave, laekir ben-unnar, 402I.M.

Corpse-flood, hrae-fldS, 37^.

Gioll (waxing with the floodtide) of weapons, Gjoll vapns (ox), 40,,.

Raven's wine, hrafn-vin,

4230-

Sword-dew, hjor-dogg, 44^. Tears of the wounds, ben-

gratr, 176*. Wound-wave, sdra dynbara,

i2233. Breast : Life's coffer (lit. heap),

lifs kostr, IOOH.

Coat of mail : Peace shrine of Hogni, v^ Hogna, 42^. Corpse : Corpse-goslings' victual, nd-gagla nest, 41... Mouthful of Munin, tugga

Munins, 422X. Wolfs meat, lilfs vor^Sr, 123.

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(What makes) Wolf merry, ylgs teiti, 41,.

Death : Apples of Hell-orchard, epli Heljar, 224,,.

Fight : Ali's high wind, Ala el,

7°*>- Blast of the spear-storm,

glygggeira-hreggs»233r Fray of the fire of fight, rim-

ma dgnar gims, 253,,. Meeting of him who is wonted to seek out the haunts of the hanged for a gossip, mot hanga heim-)>ingaS$ar, 2265.6. Mote of the maidens of battle, mdt joru-sndta,

22533Play of sword dew, hjor-

doggvar leikr, 446. Rain of raven's wine, hregg

hrafn-vins, 4220. Song from the helm that up-

riseth, hjalm-rodd, 3027. Song of the battle, J>rimu

seiSr, 2 1 3,,.

Spear mote, spjdta m6t, 7oir Spear storm, hjor-senna,

i56». Sword mote, sverSSs m<5t,

242,8. Sword storm, fraenings grap,

5V _

-- , hjor-regn, 1235.

-- , >remja >rymr,

Weapon song, vapna galdr, 4V

Fight — continued. Witch-song of Fiolnir,

Fjolnis seiSr, 253^. Wizardry sung o'er the warmask, grimu galdr, 44l8.

Gold and golden ornaments : Fair flame of hands, mund-

arfagr-viti, 5is. Fire of the perch of the

falcon, eldr oglis ste'ttar,

6916Fire that abideth in the

fetter of earth, fyr fold-

ar fjotra, 2389.10. Flame, by the lathe that is

fashioned, lauSar leygr,

242io-

Flame of the sea-flood aroaring, gjalfr-eldr, io6I5.

Flame that is hanging from fair limbs adown, HSar hanga leygr, 6g6.

Lathe-fire, lau^-hyrr, 2 1 3,7.

Light lying under the fish road, ly-brautar Ijos,

2I3i5-i6-

Light, that wrist beareth, alnar leiptr, 43S.

Moon of the ocean, lagar mani, 2425.

Rhine fire, Rmartjorr, i56ai.

Sea- flame, haf-leygr, io7l6.

Stall, whereon lieth the serpent, jarp-stallr, 253^.

Sun, that gleams in the isle belt, s61 Siggjar linda,

69.- Treasure of Draupnir,

Draupnis skattr, 74^.

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Gold and golden ornaments- —

continued. Wildfire of waves, oldu eldr,

107,0-

Wrist-flame, eimr IftSar, 2 257. Grave: Earth-gash, jariSar ben, i76I7.

Hand : Ness, whereon hawk

sitteth, hauka nes, 42^.

Perch of the falcon, oglis

stett, 6gl6. Head : Hair's hall, hadds holl,

17612Heir : Heirship wearer, arfnyti,

6224. Helmet : Gold-bristled fight-

boar, gull-byrstr val-

goltr, 6220. Hat of the god's son, the

deft of the song, hottr

bragar

Man, cf. Warrior :

Ash-trees that bear about the moon of the ocean, askarlagar mana, 2424.5.

Balder, that heeds the dear lair of the dale-fish, hirfti-Baldr d^rreitar dalreySar, 2267.

Gods of the iron, isarns <esir, 3920.

Hider of hoards of the fire that abideth in the fetter of earth, foldar fjotra fyr-leynir, 238^.

Staves of the flame by the lathe that is fashioned, stafir lauftar leygs,

242,0-

Man — continued.

They that gather the gain of the snow-drift abiding, where high upon the ness the hawk sitteth, hauka-ness drifu hirtSi-njotar, 4232.33.

They who waste the flame of Morn, frjotar Marnar vita, io6x. Men, specially alluded to :

Arnkel: Warder of the wizard-song over the war-mask, geymirgrimu galdrs, 44I8.

Biorn: Grove of battle,

vig-lundr, io73I. Herder of yoke-beasts of the sea-flood, haf-viggs

Illugi: Fir of the ice-ridge, )>ollr jjremja svells, 3iI3 — rather: F. of the ridged icicle, a difficult kenning, the sense of fremjar being unknown ; cf. Sword : Iceridge.

Staff of the song, from the helm that upriseth, hjalm-raddar stafr, 30^.

Warrior that feedeth the swart swallow's brother that flits o'er the fight, faeSir d61g-svolu barma,

3°3o-3f

Snorri : Chief that upreareth the kin of the storm-queans, hreggskvanar kyn - frama^r,

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continued.

Snorri: Feeder of swans of wound-wave, greddir svana sara dyn-baru,

I223*-33'

Framer of fight-pith, J>rekstaerir, 17030.

Rhine fire's waster, t^nir tjor-Rfnar, i56ai.

Wakener of law-wrong,

vekjandi lograns, 38^.

Stir: Slayer of tarrying,

bilgrondufcr, 7O23, i.e.

man of prompt action.

Those hardening the onrush of Ali's high wind, Ala el-hert5endr, 7oI9.ao. Thorarin : Flinger abroad of the flame of the sword-storm, fleygi-arr fraenings graps fiira,

5V Ring's lord (lit. bearer),

oftaldraugr baugs, 4oao.

The son of my father, i.e.

me, mfns foSur sveini,

49*-

Thorbiorn : He who slayeth the fire-flaught flaming, myrSir morSfdrs, 37,3.

One well learned in driving Rakni's dear horses, kennir Rakna kunnfaka, 40^.

Praiser of war-god, haelir

^ hjaldrs go$s, 37,,.

Seeker of onrush of anger, sdknar saekir, 37^.

Son of the war-god that wieldeth the bitter-sharp

Men, specially alluded to —

continued.

scathe of the board of the battle, M6$i borSa remmi-sk<5$s, 40^^. Thorbiorn : Warrior that wafted the gold, aufcvorpuSr, 42I0.

Watcher that wardeth the way of the spear, geymir geira stigs, 393I. Thorod Scat-catcher : Stirrer of storm of the battle, valdr vig-balkar, 7424.

Waster of warflame, hri^ar

hyr-lestir, 74^. Thorod Thorbrandson : Shaker of the snow on the hair's hall, = silvern ornaments, hristir mjallar hadds hallar, i76I2.

Vermund : Feeder of the flame of the god of the field where the corpses lie fallen, niS-braeSir asar valfallins nas, 39^.

Shearer of shards from the wildfire of Odin, Hropts hyr-skerlSir,

4i«j

Wealth tree, au^ar follr,

427. Vigfus : Feller of fight-boar

gold-bristled, veltirhins

gull-byrsta val-galtar,

62I9.20. Fight-god, bo^-Njor^r,

6224. Mouth : Doom-hall of dooms,

daemi-salr d6ma, 383.

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Outlawry: Lot of war-beset wandering (over the land), hljdta rostusamt,

44,3-

Poet : God's son, the deft of the song, bragar MoSi, 373*

Raven : Battle fowl, lit. Leifi's mew, Leifa mar,

IOOI0.

Choughs of the war-maidens,

sigrfljo!Sagj6:5ar, 170^.

Corpse goslings, na-gogl,

Hugin's son, Hugins

39v

Swans of wound - wave, svanir sdra dynbaru,

I2232.33.

Swart swallow's brother that

flits o'er the fight, ddlg-

svolu barmi, 303I.

Wound fowl, sara orri, ioor

Wound mews, ben-skarar,

6222.

Ring: Worm, that about the arm windeth, arm linnr, 73*-

Sea : Drift of the fair-bestroked courser of Ati, fonn fagr-strykvins Ata mars, 225,.,.

Fetter of the earth, foldar fjoturr, 23810.

Isle belt, Siggjar lindi, 6$I4.

Swan - field, svana fold,

Seafarer: Who speedeth the steeds of the streams of the ocean, hleypir hlunns - hesta rasta, io64.

Leaders of sea-wain, letfS-

endr haf-rei$a, i7o28. Serpent : Dale- fish, dal-reySr,

226,.

Shield : Battle-cloud, hjaldrsk^, 406.

Battle-tent, vig-tjald, 38,.

Board of the battle, (vig-) bor^S, 4028.

Board of the corpses, hraebor^S, 22224.

Fight - board, sigr - borS,

Holme of the helm-wolf, holmr hjalm - fenris,

2262.

Lime-board, red, rau^S lind,

253ir Light . . . keel of the rim

of the war-board, hleypikjoll ran da, 226IO, i.e. the shield is imagined as a quickly tacking (shield-shaped) craft.

Moon of the vikings, vikinga-mani, 4223.

Race-course whereon the sword runneth, logSis skei«, 253,5.

Roof-sun of Odin, ]>ekjusunna Gauts, 51,.

Way of the spear, geira

Ship : Fair-bestroked courser of Ati, fagr-strykvinn Ata marr, 2254.

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Raknir's horses, Rakna hestar, 4030-

Sea wain, haf-reft$, 170^.

Steed of the drift of the fairbestroked courser of Ati, fakr fagr-strykvins Ata mars fannar, 2253.4.

Steeds (lit. roller-steeds) of the streams of the ocean, hlunns - hestar rasta, io64.

Yoke-beasts of the seaflood, haf-vigg, io73I.M. Silver (ornamental) : Snowdrift abiding on the ness, where the hawk sitteth, hauka - ness drifa, 42^.

Snowstorm : Woe of the woodland, vftSa vd, 107,9. The reading " viSa vra " is not warranted by the MSS., and the interpretation, " latebrse silvarum," out of question, the spot referred to being a woodless dead wilderness.

Spear : Chisel of wounding, unda andvaka, 40,,.

Opener of war-shield, andvaka randa, 3i12. Sword : Bane of the battletent, vigtjalds vdfci,

38.

Bitter-sharp scathe of the board of the battle, remmi - skd$,

Sword — continued.

Blood-reed, dreyra reyr,

226,. Corpse worm, val - na'Sr,

37*-

Fire of the witch-song of Fiolnir, fyr Fjolnis

Fish of the fight-board, sigrborfts sertSr, 253,,.

Flame of the fight, hjaldrs eldr, 4il8.

Flame that provideth the mouthful of Munin, eldr Munins tuggu, 423I.

Helm-rod, hjalm-ski$, 234^

Ice - ridge, or rather, " ridged," rimmed (fluted ?) icicle, i.e., the icicle-formed weapon with a rim running along the back (or, a ridge running down the middle of the blade ?), Jjremja svell, 3iI3.

Light of the roar of the battle, gny-ljdmi, 3930.

Light gleaming lime of the moon of the vikings, fran lind vikinga mana,

42,3Oar of the wounding, sara

ar, 407. Warflame, hri^Sar hyrr,

74,0Well - proven falcon, the

shield - tearer, reyndr

randa valr, 23332.33. White wand of shields, hvit-

vondr randa, 2262.

Index III.

Sword — continued.

Wildfire of battle-storm, eldr

undajalms, 100^. Wildfire of Odin, Hropts

hyrr, 41,. Wound • wand, ben-vondr,

2269. Wound - worm, und-linnr,

21313-

Temple priest: Stems of the blood that is blessed for the gods, hlautvi^Sir, 4is. The plural used to avoid too pointed an allusion to Snorri.

Thor : Bane of the troll-wives, gifrs grand, 156*.

Thorsness : Ness of the bane of the troll-wives, gifrs grand-nes, i5625.26.

Troll-woman : Storm-quean, hreggs-kvan, 31,5.

Valkyrja : Goddess who under the battle-cloud slaughtered men chooseth, hjaldr-sk^ja Gefn, 40^.

Warrior : Gravers of the songs of the battle, beiSendr Jrimu seifta, 213,,.

Bidder of the lathe's fire, lau$-hyrs boSi, 213,,.

Deft in dealing with roofsun of Odin, sannvitendr ))ekju - sunnu Gauts, 51,.

Dwarf- folk, or rather, fight-

Warrior — continued.

dwarfs of Odin, sokn-

niBjungar J>ri$ja, 3932. Feeders of battle-fowl (lit.

of LeifVs mews), Leifa

ma-reifar, iooI0. Feeders of fight, gunn-

ndrungar, 2333. Friend of heath-prowlers,

heiSingja vin, 225,. God of the wound- worm,

Ullr undlinns, 213,3. Gods of the glaive, hjor-

NirSir, 39,,. Gods of the iron, isarns

39,0.

Lime-tree, upbearer of board of the corpses, hlynr ritar hraeborSs, 222^.

Raisers of riot of spearmote, spjota m6t-eflandar, yo17.

Ruler of the light once alying under the fishroad, valdandi tybrautar Ijdss, 2i3I5.l6.

Stem of the battle-craft, viftr boE-gorSar, 2423.

Stems of the sword-storm, )>remja ]?rym - vi^Sir,

39i».

Tholes of the fire of witchsong of Fiolnir, Fjolnis seiSs f^r-])ollar, 2533,.

Those urging the opener of war - shield, svellendr and-voku randa, 3iI2.

Tribesmen that lift up the sword, logSis kind,

428SWar-stems, the wielders of

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shield, hjald-vftSir, haldendr skjalda, 39M. Woman : Fair isle of the wristflame, HSareims Auma,

225r Field of the necklace, fold

mens, 224^. Ground whereon groweth

the fair flame of hands,

grand fagr-vitamundar,

5*5Wealth-bearing board, au$s

brik, 224^. Wealth -bearing stem, au$-

ner, 224^.

Women, specially alluded to :

Asdis : Fir of the fire of the

perch of the falcon,

)>ella ells oglis st&tar,

69,6-

Goddess of bright beakers, hvitings Hlin, 6gl8.iy

Goddess that beareth the flame that is hanging from fair limbs adown, GerSr IftSar hanga leygjar, 6g6.

Ground of the sun that gleams in the isle-belt, Siggjar linda solgrund,

69.4-

Ground strewn with jewels, hodd- grand, 69.8-

Warden of the board of the chess-play, hiinsvangs hirSi-dis, 6glo. Aud: Goddess of linen, hor-Ger$r, 42,,.

Women, specially alluded to

— continued. Aud: Goddess of weaving,

gu^Svefjar Hlin, 4ir Thurid: Coif -field, the

snow-white (of women),

fann-hvit foldu-fold,

io6I(>II. Fir of the worm that about

the arm windeth, arm-

linns J>ella, 73^, Fir-tree that beareth the

fells goodly-fashioned,

foil a^al-bjo'ra, 106^. Gem-bestrewn table, men-

brik, io53a. Goddess of the sea-flame,

hafleygjar Hlin, io7l6. Goddess of wild-fire of

waves, Njorunn oldu

elds, 107^. Goddess, the guard of the

linen, falda geymi-Bil,

742S-

Ground of the golden strings, gull - strengs gmnd, 73^.

Table of jewels, au^-brik, io6I3.

Valkyr of flame of the seaflood a-roaring, Gunnr gjalfr-elda, io6I5. Thorod's foster - mother : Goddess of clanging gold, GerSr hins gjalla gulls, 176,,.

Gold-bearing hill (lit. bench), au^ar-jjopta,

176,3.

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