Morcar, Earl, 229, 230 Mord, s. of Valgard, 160–164 Morrogh, s. of King Brian, 139, 141, 150–151 Munster, 119, 135, 139; Callaghan, king of, 117, 119; Brian, king of, 135, 138; men of, 148, 151; standard of, 150 Murtough, King of Connaught, 238–239 Murtough “of the Leather Cloaks,” 117–121; or Myrkjartan, 127, 130–133, 134 Myrkjartan (_see_ Murtough) Nial, 144, 157–175 Nial’s Saga (Njala), 157 Niall “Glundubh,” or “Black-knee,” King of Ireland, 117 Nidaros (Throndhjem, or Drontheim), 228, 235 and _n._, 242 Normandy, 35, 109–110, 185, 189, 211, 218, 225, 229, 235; Dukedom of, 6, 35, 109–110, 182, 218 Norsemen-- Direction of their conquests, 5, 12, 45–46, 135, 138, 148–149, 154; called “Fair Foreigners,” 47 Northampton, 53 Northmen (_see also_ Norsemen), 11, 12, 13, 14, 46–47, 118, 120, 138, 142 Northumbria, 5, 12, 13, 18, 19, 22 and _n._, 26, 29, 38, 52, 61, 193, 224, 227, 233; Danish kingdom of, 6, 46–47, 54, 58–59, 78, 84, 113, 118, 194, 196 Norway, 36, 42, 43, 55, 66, 78, 100, 113, 114, 123, 158, 179, 187, 191, 196, 199, 203, 209, 215, 216, 218, 219, 227, 237 Ockley, or Aclea, B. of, 25 Olaf Cuaran “o’ the Sandal,” Danish King of Dublin, 46, 58–75, 96; called Olaf “the Red,” 65 Olaf “Feilan,” 49–51 Olaf “Pa,” or “the Peacock,” 51, 121, 126–134 Olaf “the White,” King of Dublin, 47–48, 108 Olaf Trygveson, King of Norway, 54, 91–107, 114–116, 179, 180, 181, 186, 193; called Ole, 92–93, 95–96; becomes King, 98–99; his Irish hound, 94–95; his war-vessels, 95, 101–107; he disappears, 107 Olaf “the Thick,” King of Norway (called “St Olaf”), 183, 186–190, 195–197, 199–209, 216, 228 Olaf, King of Sweden, 101, 102, 105, 181, 193, 201, 203–205 Olaf “Kyrre,” s. of Harald Hardrada, 229, 235, 237 O’Neills, Prince of, 117 Orkney Isles, 5, 18, 36, 37, 42, 43, 48, 52, 108, 109, 110, 113–115, 117, 135, 142, 229, 235, 237, 238, 242, 247; Earldom of, 6, 43, 111 Osbert, King of Northumbria, 13, 14 Ospac, a Viking, 146–148 Otto, Emperor, 58, 78 Ouse, River, 229 Oxford, 184 Pagan army, 14, 26; religion, 45, 66, 78, 85–87, 101, 146–147, 159 Paris, 35 Patrick, St, 45 Paul and Erlend, Earls of Orkney, 229, 231, 235, 237 Pentland Firth, 114 Pevensey, 235 Pictland, 18 Poets (called “bards” or “skalds”), 107, 135, 190, 202–203 Portents, 147, 151, 154–156, 166–167, 168, 228 Priesthood in Norway, 86, 159 “Prime-signing,” 66 Radbard, s. of Ragnar Lodbrog, 18 Ragnar Lodbrog, 5, 11 _n._, 15, 113; origin of his sobriquet, 15, 16; his kingdom in Britain, 18; his death, 19, 20; his death-song, 21; sons of, 14, 26, 29, 31, 37 Ragnhild, m. of Harald Fairhair, 39 Ragnvald, E. of More, 43–44, 108–111 “Raven Banner,” 30, 114, 152–154 Reading, 27 Richard the Fearless, Duke of Normandy, 35, 182