Great Britain -- Civilization -- Scandinavian influences; Great Britain -- History -- To 1066; Northmen -- Great Britain
Edwy, s. of Ethelred the Unready, 195
Egil, s. of Skalligrim, 63, 65–66, 71–77
Egil’s Saga, 6, 60, 63–65
Einar (called “Torf-Einar,”) E. of Orkney, 111–113;
his son, 114
Einar Tambaskelfer, 106, 107
Eirik, King of Sweden, 39, 40
Eirik Hakonson, Earl, 102–107, 181, 186, 193, 194 and _n._ (and _see_
Eric)
Eithne or Audua, m. of E. Sigard, 114
Ely, 211
Emma, Queen of Ethelred II. and of Canute, 35, 182, 184–185, 195,
199, 211–212, 213–214, 221
Englefield Green, B. of, 27
English Channel, 5, 187, 194
“Enhazelling,” a battle-field, 67, 69
Erling Skialgson, 102
Eric, or Eirik, “Bloodaxe,” King of Norway, 82, 84, 85, 113;
King of Northumbria, 84;
his sons, 82, 87–90, 113
Essex, 189
Ethelbald, King, 26
Ethelbert, King, 26
Ethelfled, “the Lady of the Mercians,” 52–53, 56
Ethelred I., King of Wessex, 14, 26, 27–28, 29
Ethelred II., “the Unready,” 35, 179–189, 219, 221;
his sons, 195–196, 211, 212
Ethelred, Prince of Mercia, 53
Ethelwulf, King, 25, 26
Eyvind, 88–89
Eyvind, a Norwegian lord, 240–241
Faröe Isles, 36, 42, 48–49
Feudal System (in Norway), 42
Fife, 5
Fin-Barre, St, Gospel of, 137–138
Fingall, 11
Flanders, 65, 212 and _n._, 223, 224, 227
Flosi, an Icelander, 166, 170–174
Fosterage, 80–81, 128, 132–134, 157, 159
France, 18, 35, 52, 72, 92, 218
Freeman, “Norman Conquest,” 185 _n._, 190 _n._, 236 _n._
Gall-Gael, 12
Galloway, 5
Gaul, 23
Germany, 18
Gilli, the Russian, 123 and _n._, 125
Glen of the Gap, B. of, 138, 141
Gloucester, 53
Godfrey, Danish King of Dublin, 59–60, 118
Godred, King of Man, 158
Godwin, Earl, 211, 221–225;
sons of, 221, 223, 226
Gorm the Old, King of Denmark, 11, 39, 40, 179, 200
Gorm, or Guthrum, “the Englishman,” 31, 32, 35;
baptismal name, Athelstan, 32;
King of Denmark, 31, 32;
King of East Anglia, 32
Gormliath, or Kormlod, 139, 140, 142–143, 145–146, 148–149
Grani, Gunnar’s son, 166, 170–171
Greenwich, 185
Grim, s. of Nial, 157, 158, 161, 163, 173
Gudrek, Earl, 65
Gunhild, w. of Eric “Bloodaxe,” 82
Gunnar, Lambi’s son, 144–145, 157, 166, 170
Gyda, w. of Harald Fairhair, 40
Gyda, sister of Olaf Cuaran, 93–94
Hakon the Old, King of Sweden, 92
Hakon “the Good,” King of Norway, 54, 57, 79–90, 122–123, 179;
fostered by Athelstan, 80–81;
returns to Norway, 83–84;
forces the people to become Christians, 85–86, 100;
“Hakon’s Hill,” 89–90
Hakon, Earl, Governor of Norway, 95–99;
slain, 99, 193
Hakon, Earl, Eirik’s son, 193, 196, 197, 200, 208, 216
Halfdan, “Long-legs,” s. of Harald Fairhair, 112–113
Halfdan the Black, King of Norway, 39
Halfdene, s. of Raynar Lodbrog, 29
Halfred, Norse poet, 107
Hallad, s. of Ragnvald, 109–110
Hame, f. of Ælla, 14 _n._, 18
Hampshire, or Hants, 22, 30
Harald, King of England, s. of Canute, 195, 209, 211–212, 217
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