Mausur (or mösur) wood, 71, 76, 146, 160, 229, 230. Melur: _see_ Lyme-grass. Mevenklint, 207, 209. Midjökul, 22, 112. Milk, appreciated by skrælings, 84. ‘Moose-butter’, 179. Morris convention in translating sagas, 12. Moulton’s _History of New York_, 8. Mountains at Straumsfjord and Hóp, 58, 64, 260, 277–81. Nansen, Dr. Fridtjof, 9, 133, 147–72, 174–7, 180, 181, 183–8, 191, 265, 274, 285, 295. Natives: _see_ Skrælings. Neckel, G., 7, 106, 109, 253–4. Newfoundland, 230–3, 235, 237, 238, 240, 247, 249, 250, 264, 265. New Land, the, 283–5. Nicholas, Abbot of Thingeyre, 288. Nielsen, Dr. Yngvar, 286–7. Njál’s Saga, 90, 128, 148. Norway, significance of direct voyages to, 144–5. Nova Scotia, 170, 179, 230, 233–6, 247, 248, 251, 256, 257, 259, 265, 267–70. Olaf the Holy, Saga of, 110, 138, 199. Olaf the White, 20, 28. Olaf Tryggvason, 37–8, 40, 57, 67, 74–6, 109, 110, 111, 118–22, 134, 135. Olderfleet, 205. Oral tradition in Iceland, 88–93. Pamet River, 257, 259. ‘Papar’ (Irish monks), 175–6. Parkhurst, Antony, on Newfoundland, 231. Rafn, C., 147, 216, 219, 235. Rafn the Limerick-Farer, 190–1. Reeves, A. M., 10, 111, 264. Remains, Norse, in America, alleged, 235. Resen, Hans Poulson, map by, 289–96. ‘Reydur’ (see whale). Rice, wild, 161. Rímbegla, 197, 200–1. Rolf: _see_ Land-Rolf. Saga, erroneous ideas concerning, 11; historical value of, 147–51; in Greenland, 55, 141. Saint Lawrence, Gulf of, 124, 266. Salmon, in Wineland, 42, 166, 275, 277. Savages: _see_ Skrælings. Scotland, partial conquest of, by Norsemen, 28. Seal-tar, specific against teredo, 65. Shenachies, 89, 92. Ships, Icelandic, speed of, 196–201, 263. Sibyl, the, 11, 33–7, 142. Skrælings, 46, 61–3, 65, 74, 83–6, 95, 154, 173–95. Snorri Godi, 18, 20, 73, 136. Snorri Karlsefnison, 18, 20, 64, 72, 84, 86, 87, 94, 137. Snorri Thorbrandson, 22, 24, 53, 55, 60, 61, 62, 64, 66, 73, 143. Steensby, H. P., 7, 124, 226, 237, 238, 241–3. Stefansson, Sigurd, map by, 289–96. Storm, Gustav, 106, 113, 117, 124, 132, 134, 144, 191, 202, 217, 224, 230–4, 244, 259, 265, 267, 278, 284, 293. Straumsey, 57, 168, 243, 273. Straumsfjord, 58, 64, 133, 228, 238, 240, 242, 271–4, 279, 280. Sturlunga Saga, 99. Svalbarda, 202, 206, 207. Svein Estridson, king of Denmark, 18, 97, 156, 286. Teredo, 65. Thalbitzer, W., 188. Thjodhild, wife of Eric the Red, 21, 37, 39. Thorar Nefjolfson, 138, 199, 201, 203, 248. Thorbjörg: _see_ Sibyl. Thorbjörn Vifilson, 14, 15, 20, 22, 28–33, 37, 55, 103, 136.
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