Thorbrand Snorrison, 63, 67. Thorgest, 21–3, 73, 100, 108. Thorgunna, 37–40. Thorhall Gamlison, 53, 55. Thorhall the Hunter, 55, 59, 60, 77, 107, 133, 155, 168, 226, 254, 268. Thori Eastman, 44–5, 49, 134. Thorkel Gellison, 20, 74, 93, 95, 177, 190. Thorkel Leifson, 138. Thorlak, Bishop, descendant of Karlsefni, 18, 20, 72, 86, 87, 94, 137. Thormod Kolbrunarskald, 77, 126, 138, 187, 224. Thor-names, frequent occurrence of, 152. Thorstein Ericson, 25, 37; marries Gudrid, 49, 79; sails for Wineland, 40, 78; illness and death of, 50–2, 80–2; driven near Iceland and Ireland, 79, 125; supernatural episodes connected with, 50–2, 80–2, 149. Thorvald Ericson, mentioned among Eric’s children, 25; voyage of, in Flatey Book, 45–8; alternative account, 77; only mentioned by Hauk as Karlsefni’s companion, 55, 126, 279; accounts of death compared, 125–7; voyage reconstructed, 255–60. Thorvard, husband of Freydis, 25, 55, 69, 126, 129, 142. Three, recurrence of number, 153, 167. Time-keeping, Icelandic method of, 212. Tir-nan-Oge, in Celtic myth, 164. Torfaeus, 214. ‘Trjóna’, meaning discussed, 181–3, 194. Troil’s _Letters on Iceland_, 160, 168, 199, 213, 220, 230. Tylft (Icelandic measure), 169, 197–200. Tyrker, 41, 43, 44, 106, 150, 254. Umiak (Eskimo boat), 178. Uniped, 77, 126, 154, 187, 224, 259, 260. Uvægi, 65, 188. Vætilldi, 65, 188. Valldidida, 65, 188. Varðlokkur, 35. Verses, incidental, in sagas, 13, 14, 25, 59, 60, 78, 133, 155, 168, 224, 226, 260, 268. Verezzano, 180, 277. Vifil, 20, 29, 103, 142. Vigfusson, G., 90, 93, 96, 99, 110, 113, 216. Vika (Icelandic measure), 197–8. Vines, discovery of, 43, 48, 57, 60, 76, 97, 98, 154–9, 226, 253–5. Voyage literature, Celtic, 163–5, 184. Whale, episode of, 58, 83, 104, 107, 132–4, 150, 154, 167–8, 240. Wineland, 44, 74, 75, 95, 97, 98, 155, 156, 159, 225, 227, 229, 233, 235, 236, 237–43, 251–3, 255–60, 267–81, 283, 285, 287, 289–96. Winter, Icelandic, 216. Women, quarrels over, in Wineland, 64, 105; characteristics of, 130. Yates: _see_ Moulton. Yeats, W. B., his comparison of Celtic and Icelandic literature, 164. PRINTED IN ENGLAND AT THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS FOOTNOTES: [1] Hereinafter referred to as the Saga of Eric the Red, Hauk’s Book, and the Flatey Book. See Part II, Chapter I. [2] Flatey Book. [3] See note at end of section. [4] Flatey Book. Cf. Part II, Chapter I, p. 108. [5] From [ omitted in Flatey Book. [6] Hauk’s Book and Saga of Eric the Red.
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