Cf. Kuno Meyer: _On the Irish Mirabilia in the Old Norse “Speculum Regale”_ (_Eríu_, Vol. IV., pp. 11-12). This bears a striking resemblance to a certain passage in the mediæval romance _Cath Muighe Rath_ (Battle of Moy Rath, p. 232. Ed. by O’Donovan). It may also be compared with another romance, which probably dates from the same period, viz., _Buile Suibhne_, (_The Madness of Suibhne_, ed. by J. G. O’Keefe for the Irish Texts Society). Cf. also _Hávamál_ (ed. Gering), str. 129, etc. [172] Vilbald, a descendant of Kjarval, King of Ossory, had a ship called _Kuthi_, cf. _Landnámabók_, IV., ch. II. Todd (_War of the Gaedhil with the Gaill_, p. 299, n.) suggests Ir. _Cuthach_. [173] According to _Jáns Saga hins Helga_, ch. 14 (_Biskupa Sögur_ I., Kaupmannahófn, 1858) King Magnus Barelegs sent an Icelander with other hostages to King Myrkjartan of Connacht. When they arrived there, one of the Norsemen addressed the King in these words: “Male diarik,” to which the King replied “Olgeira ragall,” _i.e._, Ir., _olc aer adh ra gall_, (it is a bad thing to be cursed by a Norseman.) [174] _minnthak_ was the name given by Hjorleif’s Irish thralls to the mixture of meal and butter which they compounded while on board ship on their way to Iceland. They said it was good for quenching thirst. Cf. _Landnámabók_, I., ch. 6. [175] Cf. Whitley Stokes, _op. cit._, pp. 186, 191. [176] _War of the Gaedhil with the Gaill_, p. 13. Cf. also _Three Fragments of Annals_, p. 146: “In a battle fought between the Irish and the Norsemen the latter were driven to a small place surrounded by a wall. The druid Hona went up on the wall, and with his mouth open began to pray to the gods and to exercise his magic; he ordered the people to worship the gods…” [177] Cf. _Thorfinssaga Karlsefnis_, ch. 3; _Vatnsdaela Saga_, ch. 10; _Tháttr af Nornagesti_, ch. 11; _Hrólfs Saga Kraka_, ch. 3; etc. [178] _e.g._, C. Haliday: _The Scandinavian Kingdom of Dublin_, p. 12 ff. Margaret Stokes, _op. cit._, pp. 96-98. [179] Cf. _War of the Gaedhil with the Gaill_, p. 8. [180] The expression used is _quievit in Christo_ and occurs only in _MS. A_. As neither _MS. B_ nor any of the other annals mention Ivárr’s conversion it may be that the scribe of the former has unintentionally slipped into using a formula which was customary in recording the death of a Christian. [181] _Landnámabók_, II., ch. 16. [182] _Landnámabók_, I., ch. 12. [183] _Ib._, V., ch. 15. [184] _Ib._, I., ch. 13. [185] _Ib._, I., ch. 15. [186] _Ib._, IV., ch. 11. [187] _Njáls Saga_, ch. 101. [188] _Landnámabók_, V., ch. 15. [189] _Ib._, III., ch. 12. [190] _Ib._, I., ch. 12. [191] _Three Fragments of Annals_, pp. 120-124. [192] Cf. _Gylfaginning_, chs. 51, 52. [193] _Hýmiskvitha, pass._ Cf. W. S. Calverley: _The Ancient Crosses at Gosforth_, p. 168. [194] P. M. C. Kermode: _Manx Crosses_, pp. 180-184. [195] _Ib._, pp. 170-179. [196] _Ib._, pp. 86-95, 195-199. [197] _Ib._, pp. 150-153.