[Footnote 8: Perhaps the Author means Frissel afterwards Bishop of St Andrews; or Michael _viz._ de Weymyss, who was ambassador to Norway, A. D. 1290.] [Footnote 9: Jarlin af Ros ok Kiarnakr son Makamals (_orig._). The text here is much vitiated. The author might have read in some Irish accounts, Jarl na Ross (William) McKerchar, McCalom, _i.e._, the Earl of Ross (William) the son of Ferchard, the son of Malcolm. This William Mac Erchart was a young Hero, and is corruptly called Macentagart by the Scottish historians. Or perhaps, three persons may be alluded to, viz., the Earl of Ross, Kinneach-son (of Kintail), and a MacCamal of Lochaw, all powerful chieftains on the west coast of Scotland. It is, however, not impossible that Kiarnak was some ancient chieftain from whom a branch of the Grants was called Clan-Chiarnach. The Fl. Ms. for Makamals reads Machamals.] [Footnote 10: I Skid (_orig._). In the Fl. Ms. istrid e. to war.] [Footnote 11: The inhuman practice here described was common in those times. From the Landnamaboc we learn that Olver first discouraged this custom. We read, Olver did not permit tossing infants from spear to spear as was usual among pirates, and was therefore surnamed Barna-kall or the protector of Infants.] [Footnote 12: Jol (_orig._). The great brumal festival among the Scandinavians. Hence the Scotch word Yule, _i.e._, Christmas.] [Footnote 13: Nid-ar-os (_orig._), _i.e._, the mouth of the river Nid, now Drontheim.] [Footnote 14: Vikor (_orig._), now Bahus in Sweden.] [Footnote 15: Elfa, the river at Gottenburg.] [Footnote 16: An Earl of Sweden and father-in-law to Haco the younger.] [Footnote 17: Liodhusa, a town of Sweden demolished A.D. 1268.] [Footnote 18: May 3.] [Footnote 19: _i.e._, the hilly country. Harald Harfager divided his kingdom into several counties, each of which was to fit out a squadron of ships on an emergency. The counties were again divided into _skipreidor_, or smaller districts, each of which furnished a single vessel properly equipped.] [Footnote 20: _i.e._, an eminence, near Bergen.] [Footnote 21: By banks of oars we are only to understand benches for the rowers.] [Footnote 22: _i.e._, Cape-bay, near Bergen.] [Footnote 23: An island and excellent harbour near Bergen.] [Footnote 24: A celebrated poet, uncle to Sigvat Bodvarson, who attended Haco in this expedition, and from whom Sturla probably had his information of facts.] [Footnote 25: The most northerly province of Norway.] [Footnote 26: _i.e._, no warrior.] [Footnote 27: The Scandinavian Scalds and Mythologists often represented treasures as guarded by monsters, dragons, sea snakes, &c. This notion probably originated from the fabulous tales of those who traded to the Indies. An ancient author, speaking of Scythia, says, "nam qvum in plerisque locis auro & gemmis affluant, Gryphorum immanitate, accessus hominum rarus est."] [Footnote 28: _i.e._, Haco.] [Footnote 29: _i.e._, ships.]