Richard the Good, Duke of Normandy, 184–185, 195 Rolf, or Rollo “the Ganger,” 35, 52, 109–110, 218 Rome, 29, 192 Ross, 48, 108 Russia, 92, 96, 209 Russian slaves, 92, 123–124 Sacrifices, Pagan, 85, 86–87, 113 and _n._, 159 Sagas-- Egils, 6, 60, 63–65; Ynglinga, 11; Laxdæla, 47, 121, 122 Sandwich, 183, 184, 223 Saxo “Grammaticus,” 14 _n._, 16 _n._ Saxon Pilgrims in Rome, 29; Saxon Sword, 56; Saxon Poetry, 34 Saxony, 18 Scandinavia, 6, 183 Scarborough, 229 Scilly Isles, 92 Scotland, 18, 20, 37, 43, 48–49, 52, 55, 60, 108, 135, 194, 238; Scottish warriors, 74 “Second Sight,” belief in, 157, 167 Shannon, River, 136 Shetland Isles, 5, 36, 42, 43, 108, 111, 114 “Shield-burgh” of soldiers, 71 Ships of War, called “Dragon-ships,” 95, 101–107, 111, 196, 201, 203–206; iron-plated, 103; lashed together, 104; prepared for war, 129–130; as gifts, 57; (and _see_ “Boats”) Sigrid “the Haughty” (w. of Sweyn), 101, 181 Sigurd “the Mighty,” Earl of Orkney, 43, 108–109 Sigurd “the Stout,” Earl of Orkney, 113, 114–116, 144–146, 152–154, 157, 158 Sigurd, s. of Magnus “Barefoot,” 242 Sigurd, Earl of Lade, 78–79, 83, 86–87 Sigvalde, Earl, 101, 102, 103 Sigvat (Norse poet), 189–190 and _n._, 202–203 Silver, chests of, 76–77 Sitric, Danish lord of Dublin, 119 Sitric “Gale,” King of Northumbria, 58–59, 60, 78, 118 Sitric “Silken beard,” Danish King of Dublin, 139 and _n._, 140, 142–143, 144–146, 148–149 Siward or Sigurd, “Snake eye,” 17, 18 Skalligrim, f. of Egil, 63–64 Skarphedinn, s. of Nial, 157, 161–164, 167–175 Slavery, 92, 121, 122, 123–126 Somerset, 23, 30 Southampton, 180 Southwark, 188–189, 223 Stafford, 53 Stamford Bridge, B. of, 230–236 and _n._ Stiklestad, B. of, 209, 216, 236 Stord, B. of, 90 St Brice’s Day, Massacre of, 182–183 Strathclyde, 52, 61 Sudreys, 43 and _n._, and _see_ Hebrides Surrey, 25, 26 Sussex, 22, 23, 26 Svold, B. of, 102–105, 181, 186, 193 Sweyn “Forkbeard,” King of Denmark and England, 55, 101, 179–185, 187, 191, 192, 193, 209 Sweyn, or Svein, n. of Canute, King of Denmark, 213–214, 227; Sweyn, s. of Canute, 216 Sweyn, Godwin’s son, 223 Sweyn, Asleif’s son, 244–248 Sweden, 18, 39, 40, 123, 199, 213, 215 (and _see_ Olaf, King of Sweden) Swedes, King of, 15, 101–102 Tadhg “of the Towers,” King of Connaught, 119 Tamworth, 53, 59 Temple pillars, 47–48 Thorstein, “the Red,” 48–49, 108 Thorstein, s. of Hall “o’ the Side,” 153–154 Thames, River, 25, 27, 188–189, 194, 217 “Thing” and “Thing-mote,” 46, 83, 86 and _n._, 93, 99, 208, 231 Thing-men or Soldiers, 189 Thora, Ragnar’s wife, 17 Thora, m. of Hakon “the Good,” 78 Thord, Kari’s son, 172–173, 175 Thorer, a Norwegian lord, 207 Thorer, a woman, 97 Thorer “Klakka,” 96–97 Thorfin “Skull splitter,” 114