# The Story of Egil Skallagrimsson/Index

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A
* Acres, 'Akrar,' corn-fields, 52
* Adder, name of sword, 97
* Adils, earl, 91, 96, 99, 101
* Afrekstead, 62
* Agdir, county in S. Norway, 13
* Aki, a Dane, 81, 83, 89
* Aldi, a firth in the Firths, 117
* Alf, Gunnhilda's brother, 87, 112
* Alf Wealthy, by Eida-wood, 162, 163
* Alfgeir, earl of Northumberland, 91, 97, 98
* Alfred the Great, his rule, 90
* Alof, Bjorn's second wife, 65, 110
* Alost, island off Halogaland, 10, etc.
* Alrekstead, 117
* Anabrekka, in Myrar, 50, 182
* Arinbjorn Thorir's son, Egil's friend, 72; inherits, 102; in England, 126, etc. harrying, 151; joins Eric's sons, 153; Egil's poem on, 175 falls, 178
* Armod Beard, by Eida-wood, 156, 167
* Arnfid, earl in Halland, 84
* Arnfinn, Orkneys' earl, 125
* Arngeir, 107
* Arnvid, king of South Mari, 3
* Arnvid, earl in Vermaland, 154, 163, 167
* Asbjorn, earl, 5
* Asgaut, earl, 5
* Asgerdr, daughter of Bjorn, 61; married to Thorolf, 67; to Egil, 72; dies, 181
* Askr, farm on Fenhring, 65, 108, 144
* Athelstan, king of England, 90; receives Thorolf and Egil, 90; fights in Northumberland, 91-101; Egil's second visit to, 134; death, 147
* Atla-island, in Fells, 74
* Atli Slim, earl, 2
* Atli Short, 136; lawsuit and duel with Egil, 145-6
* Audbjorn, king of Firthfolk, 2
* Audun Ill-skald, 11
* Augvaldsness, 62
* Aulvir Hnuf, Kari's son, 1; joins Harold, 5; his skald, 11; befriends Thorolf, 25; Skallagrim, 42
* Aulvir, Thorir's steward, 73-77
* Aunund Sjoni, Ani's son, 50; friend of Egil, 147; his old age, 182, 187, 190
* Aurland, in Sogn, 57, 110, 168
* Auzur Toti, father of queen Gunnhilda, 65
B
* Ball-play, 68-70, 202
* Bard, Brynjolf's son, 9-12, 14
* Bard, of Atla isle, 74-77
* Baug, 40
* Bees, 133, 208
* Bee-skip, 212
* Beigaldi, in Myrar, 50
* Beitis sea, in Throndheim, 35
* Bergonund, 65, 105, 108-12, 118-20
* Berserk, 13, 14, 140, 199, 209
* Bersi, 107
* Bindheim, in Hod island, 139
* Bjalf, father of Kveldulf, 1
* Bjarmaland, by the White Sea, 65
* Bjorgolf, 9; marries Hildirida, 10
* Bjorn Yeoman, 56; marries Thora, 58; in Iceland, 58; in Norway, 61, 62, 63, 71; dies, 107
* Bjorn, Hitadale's champion, 107
* Bjorn, king of Sweden, 129
* Blund-Kettle, 68
* Blunds-water, in Borgar-firth, 207
* Bodvar, Egil's eldest son, 147; drowned, 169, 170; poem on this, 171 ​
* Borg, Skallagrim's home in Iceland, 50, etc.
* Borgar-firth, in South-west Iceland, 50, etc.
* Borgarhraun, 69, 202
* Bragi, a poet, 129
* Bragi, god of poetry, 177
* Brak, 70
* Brakar-sound, 70
* Brenn islands, at mouth of Gaut-Elbe, 86
* Bretland, Wales, 91, 220
* Britons, 90, 219
* Brynjolf, Bjorgolf's son Bard's father, 9, 1O
* Brynjolf, father of Bjorn Yeoman, 56, 57, 62, 71
C
* Caithness, in Scotland, 6
* Cleave-river, in Borgar firth, 51
* Courland, at east end of he Baltic, 81
* Courlanders, 81
* Cross-river, in Borgar-firth, 51
* Cross-river-lithe, 107
* Curse, form of, 112, 116
* Cuise-pole, 121
D
* Dales, in Norway, 138
* Dales, in Iceland, meaning Broadfirth-dales, 180
* Dalla, 182
* Danes, 81; in Northumberland, 91, 204
* Denmark, 83, 153, 184
* Digraness, in Myrar, 50; Skallagrim buried there, 124; Bodvar, 186
* Dovrefell, in Norway, 137, 157
* Dragvandil, name of sword, 134, 145, 209
* Dublin, in Ireland, 6, 57
* Duck-kyle, in Borgar-firth, 50, 71, 200
* Duck-kyle-river, 50
* Dvina, river in Russia, 65
E
* Edmund, king of England, 147
* Edward, king of England, 90
* Earl's-ness, in England, 98
* Egil Skallagrimsson, birth, 55; boyhood, 68 goes to Norway, 71; slays Bard, 76; harries, 79-86; goes to England, 90; at Vinheath, 93-99; described, 102; in Norway, 105; marries, 107; in Iceland, 107; in Norway, 108; lawsuit with Bergonund, III; slays him, 120; slays Eric's son, 121; back to Iceland, 122; buries Skallagrim, 124; wrecked at Humbermouth, 126; before Eric at York, 127-31; recites Head-ransom, 132; with Athelstan, 134; goes to Norway, 136; before king Hacon, 137; fights with Ljot, 141; with Atli, 145; in Iceland, 147; has children, 147; joins Arinbjorn in Norway, 148; harries in Friesland, 151; parts from Arinbjorn, 153; goes to Vermaland, 155-168; to Iceland, 184; makes poem on sons' loss, 171; on Arinbjorn, 176; friendship with Einar, 177-79; retires to Mossfell, 181; at the Thing, 187-89; old age, 195-96; death, 197; his bones found and reburied, 198.
* Egil Thorsteinsson, 181
* Eida-wood, between Norway and Vermaland, 154, 164
* Eidsea, isthmus-sea above the Firths, 5
* Einar Skalaglam, a poet, 177-79
* Einar, of Stafaholt, 186
* Einarsness, in Myrar, 170
* Einkunnir, in Myrar, 50, 191
* Elbe, river in Gautland, 32
* Elda, isthmus in Naumdale, 35
* Ella, king of Northumberland, 104
* England, 29, 90, 91, 125 etc., 136, 148
* Erling, Alof's father, 65
* Eric Bloodaxe, son of Harold Fairhair, 62-64; takes rule, 65; marries Gunnhilda, 65; has dealings with Egil, 77-9, 109-15; flees before Hacon, 124 in Northumberland, 125-34 falls, 147; his sons, 147, 153, 178
* Eric Allwise, 135
* Eyrar, 'banks,' near Copenhagen, 31, 200
* Eyrar-sound, 83
* Eyvind Lambi, 1; joins Harold, 11; marries Thorolf's widow, 38
* Eyvind Skald-spoiler, grandson of the above, 39
* Eyvind Skreyja, brother of queen Gunnhilda, 87-89
F
* Faravid, king of Kvenland, 23, 24, 27
* Faroe islands, 6
* Fells, district north of Sogn, 5
* Fenhring, island of Hordaland, 119, 144
* Finland, 23
* Finmark, 17, 23
* Finns, 10, 17
* Fir-sound in the Firths, 30
* Firths, district south of South Mæri, 6, etc.
* Firthfolk, 2, etc.
* Fitjar, on Stord Island in Hordaland, 62, 177
* Flanders (Flemings' land), 90
* Fleet-lithe, in South Iceland, 40
* Flokadale, in Borgar-firth, 52, 68
* France, 6, 98
* Frey, 116, 176, 206
* Freyja, 170
* Fridgeir, Arinbjorn's nephew, 139, etc.
* Friesland, 151
* Frisians, 152
* Frodi, kinsman of Eric, 117, 118, 120
* Frodi's meal, gold, 133
G
* Games, 68-70
* Gaular, in Sogn, 2, 87
* Gautland, in western Sweden, 168, 210
* Geir, Kettle Blund's son, 68
* Geirlaug, Eyvind Lambi's son, 39
* Geir's-lithe, in Borgar-firth, 68
* Gold-Harold, 178
* Granastead, in Myrar, 50, 68
* Grani, 42, 68
* Grani, a thrall, 182-83
* Grim, house-carle, 42
* Grim, Bard's son, 13
* Grim, Hegg's son, 68, 69
* Grim Straggy-skin, 135
* Grim, Sverting's son, married Thordis, 168, 181, 197
* Grim, Thorir's son, Halogalander, 49
* Grim, Thorstein's son, 193
* Grim, Kveldulf's son. See Skallagrim.
* Grims holt in Myrar, 193
* Grim's river in Borgar-firth, 50
* Griss Freedman, 42, 52
* Grisar-tongue in Myrar, 52, 191
* Grjotgard, 5
* Gudrek, earl, 91, 92
* Gufu-river, in Borgar-firth, 49
* Gula-Thing, 109, 144, 206
* Gunnar, Egil's son, 147
* Gunnhilda, Eric's queen, 65; dealings with Egil, 76, 88, 112, 125, 128, 130; in Denmark, 147; early life, 202
* Gunnhilda, daughter of Bjorn Yeoman, 65, 105
* Gunnhilda, daughter of earl Halfdan, 39
* Gunnlaug Hromund's son, 107
* Gunnlaug Worms-tongue, 198
* Guttorm, uncle of Harold Fairhair, 45, 46
* Gyda, Arinbjorn's sister, 139, etc.
H
* Hacon, earl, 5
* Hacon, the Good, 90; becomes king, 124; invades Vermaland, 167; death, 176.
* Hacon, Sigurd's son, earl, 178-79, 196
* Hadd, brother of Bergonund, 65, 120
* Hafnar-fell, south limit of Borgar-firth, 50
* Hafrs-firth, in Rogaland, 13
* Hafs-brook, in Myrar, 50, 182
* Halberd, weapon, Thorolf's described,
* Halfdan, earl, 39 [97
* Halfdan Swarthy, Harold Fairhair's father, 3
* Halfdan Whitebone, 154
* Hall, Thorstein's son, 181
* Hall, Gudmund's son, 198
* Halland, county in Sweden, 84
* Hallbera, Kveldulf's mother, I
* Hallbjorn, her brother, I
* Hallstein, earl Atli's son, 2
* Hallvard Hardfarer, king's messenger, 29, 34, 47
* Halogaland, northern part of Norway, 3, etc.; position described, 23
* Hals, in Lima-firth in Jutland, 153
* Harek, Hildirida's son, 10, 18, etc., 47
* Harold Fairhair, 3-6, 13, 14; breaks with Thorolf, 27; slays him, 37; old age and death, 116
* Harold, Eric's son, called Grayfell, 116, 153, 178
* Harold, Gorm's son, king of Denmark, 83. 89 ​
* Harold, Knut's son, called Gold-Harold, 178
* Hauga, in Borgar-firth, 52
* Hauga-sound, by Rogaland, 116
* Hazel-poles, for battle or court, 93, 11O
* Head-ransom, Egil's poem, 132-33
* Hegg, 69
* Helga, Kettle Haing's daughter, 9
* Helga, Thorfinn's daughter, 160, 167
* Helga, Thorstein's daughter, 181, 198
* Helgi, Kettle Haing's son, 40
* Helgi, Thorfinn's son, 161
* Helsingjaland, in Sweden, 6, 23
* Herdla, island off North Hordaland, 118, etc.
* Herdla-water, 118
* Herlaug, king of Naumdale, 3
* Herlaug, earl, 5
* Herstein, 2
* High-seat, 102, 103, 199
* Hildirida, married to Bjorgolf, 9, 10
* Hildirida's sons, Harek and Hrærek, 16; slander Thorolf, 19, etc.; slain, 140
* Hising, island off mouth of Elbe, 29
* Hjarda-holt, in Laxdale, 169, 170
* Hjorleif, land-taker in Iceland, 40
* Hjorleif, Thorstein's son, 181
* Hlada, chief town of Throndheim, 35, 38
* Hod. See Kettle Hod.
* Hod, island in South Mæri, 139
* Hogni, father of Hildirida, 9, 10
* Holm, in Myrar, 107
* Holm-gang, island-going, Icelandic for duel, wager of battle, 141-42, 145
* Hordaland, between Rogaland and Sogn, 13, etc.
* Hrafn, Kettle Hæing's son, 40
* Hrafn, Thorstein's son, 181
* Hrafnilda, 39
* Hrafnista, in Naumdale, 1, 9, 39
* Hrærek, Hildirida's son, 10, 18, etc.
* Hrifla, Thorstein's son, 181
* Hring, earl of Bretland, 91, etc,
* Hringariki, in South Norway, 46
* Hrisa, in Flokadale, 68
* Hrisa-blund, Geir's son, 68
* Hris-bru, Bush-bridge, near Mossfell, 197
* Hroald, earl of Firthfolk, Thorir's father, 2, 5
* Hrollaug, king of Naumdale, 3
* Humbermouth, in England, 126
* Hunthiof, king of North Mari, 3
I
* Iceland, first settlers, 6
* Illugi Swarthy, 107
* Ingibjorg, Harold Fairhair's daughter, 39
* Ingolf, land-taker, 40, 49
* Ingunn, Kettle Haing's wife, 40
* Ireland, 6
* Irish, 90, 125
* Iri, Thorstein's freedman, 191
J
* Jamtaland in Sweden, 6, 23
* Jofridr, Thorstein's wife, 181
* Jutland, 89
* Jutland-side, west coast, 90
K
* Kari, called Berdlu-Kari, Kveldulf's comrade, 1, 5, 36
* Keels (kilir), a mountain ridge in Norway, 23
* Kenning, in Icelandic verse, Introd. ix
* Kettle Hæing, Hallbjorn's son, 1, 9, 200
* Kettle Hæing, Thorkel's son, grandson of the above, 39, 40
* Kettle Blund, 67
* Kettle Hod, 114, 115
* Kiriales, a people east of Finmark, 23
* Kirialaland, 23
* Kjotvi Wealthy, 13
* Kol, a Norseman, 155
* Kollsvein, son of Thorstein, 181
* Krum's hills, in Myrar, 50
* Krum's bog-hole, near Borg, 123
* Kveldulf, father of Skallagrim, 1; will not join Harold, 4; prophesies evil, 8; avenges Thorolf, 47; sails for Iceland, 48; dies, 49
* Kvenland, east of Helsingjaland, 23
* Kvens, people of Kvenland, 23
* Kvig, Hegg's brother, 69
* Kylfings, a people east of Finmark, 17
L
* Lambi, Thord's son, 193
* Lambstead, in Myrar, 123, 193 ​
* Lawsuit, between Egil and Bergonund, 109, 110; Egil and Atli, 145; Thorstein and Steinar, 187
* Laxfit, salmon-mead or shore, in Borgar-firth, 69
* Lax-river-dale, 185
* Leiru-brook, in Myrar, 107, 191
* Leiru-vagr (Loam-bay), 181
* Lid-ndisness, south headland of Norway, 32
* Lima-firth, in Jutland, 153, 178
* Ljot, a Berserk, 140-43
* London, 135
* Lundr, in Denmark, 83
* Lygra, island off North Hordaland, 62
M
* Mark-fleet, river in South Iccland, 40
* Mæri, North and South Mari, counties in Norway, 3, etc.
* Melkorka, mother of Olaf Peacock,
* Midfirth islands, by Myrar, 54 [161
* Mossey, in Shetland, 58
* Moss-fell, Grim's home in Iceland, 169
* Mostrar-sound, by Denmark, 31
* Myrar, near Borgar-firth, 51, etc.
* Myra-men, men of Myrar, 69: esp. Skallagrim's descendants, 198
N
* Naumdale, between Throndheim and Halogaland, 3
* Naumdalesmen, 3
* Naust-dale, in Firths, 5
* Nausta-ness, near Borg, 124
* Njord, god of wealth, 116, 176
* Normandy, in France, 6
* Norsemen, men of Norway, 40
* Northumberland, 91, etc.
* North-river, in Borgar-firth, 51
* Norway, Harold's rule of, 3, etc.; its bordering lands, 23
O
* Odin, 116
* Odd Lonehouse. 52
* Odd Tongue. See Tongue Odd,
* Olaf, Eric's brother, 116, 132
* Olaf, king, married descendant of Thord Brynjolf's son, 71
* Olaf Red, king of Scotland, 91, etc., 101
* Olaf Peacock, 169
* Olaf Shy, 52
* Olaf Treecutter, 154
* Olaf Tryggvason, 198
* Oleif Halt, 52, 69
* Onund. See Bergonurd.
* Orkneys, 53, 125
* Osloar-firth, in Vik, 136, 151
* Ostr, island of Norway, 65
* Ostrar-firth, in North Hordaland, 59
* Osvif, a seer, 177, 179
* Outlawry, 108, 110, 117, 186
P
* Penny, 29, 197, 199
* Poetry, Introd. vii-xi: Egil's three great poems, 132, 171, 175
* Prim-signing, 91, 204
R
* Ragi, 52
* Ragnar, Guttorm's son, 46, 48
* Ragnar Lodbrok, 91
* Ragnhildr, Eric's daughter, 125
* Ragnhildr, Guttorm's daughter, 46
* Ran, 172
* Rang-river, in South Iceland, 40
* Rannveig, Thord's daughter, 71
* Raufar-ness, in Myrar, 54
* Raumariki, in South Norway, 3, etc.
* Raums-dale, bordering on North and South Mæri, 136
* Red-Bjorn, 180
* Red Gill, in Borgar-firth, 68
* Reykir, in Reykjadale, 68
* Reykjadale, in Borgar-firth, 68
* Reykjadale-river, 68
* Reykjarhamar, crag in Borgar-firth, 170
* Reykja-ness, south-west point of Iceland, 49, 53
* Rogaland, between Agdir and South Hordaland, 13, etc.
* Rognvald, earl, 5
* Rognvald, Eric's son, 117, 118
* Runes, 76, 160
S
* Sacrifices, 75, 88
* Salbjorg, Kveldulf's wife, 1
* Sandness, farm on Alost, 10, etc.
* Sandvik, near Borg, 70
* Saxony (Saxland), North Germany, 90, 151 ​
* Sæunn, Skallagrim's daughter, 56, 107
* Scotland, 6, 91, 126
* Scots, 91, 100
* Seaham, in Hordaland, 62
* Seal-loch, in Myrar, 50
* Shape-changing, 130, 223
* Shape-strong, 47, 70, 199
* Sheppey, sheep-island, in the Fells, 77
* Sheeping-sound, in Firths, 114
* Shilling, English coin, 94
* Ship-ness, in Myrar, 53
* Sighvat Red, 39
* Sigmund, Skallagrim's house-carle, 52
* Sigmundar-ness, in Myrar, 52
* Sigridr, Sigurd's daughter, 10; marries Bard, 12; Thorolf, 15; Eyvind Lambi, 39
* Sigurd, earl of Orkneys, 58
* Sigurd, Guttorm's son, 46
* Sigurd, Harold Fairhair's son, 116
* Sigurd, of Sandness, 10, etc.
* Sigtrygg Swiftfarer, king's messenger, 29, 47
* Sigvald, earl, 179
* Skald-Hrafn, 181, 198
* Skallagrim, Egil's father, 2; marries, 33; reason of name, 34; goes to Iceland, 49, etc.; dies, 123
* Skapti, lawman, 168
* Skapti, priest, 197
* Skard's Heath, south of Borgar-firth, 194
* Skegg-Thorir (Beard-Thorir), 118
* Skrymir, name of sword and of giant, 193
* Skuli, Thorstein's son, 181, 198
* Sledging, 156, 166
* Smithy, 54
* Snæfell-strand, in Iceland, 182, 183, 194
* Snow-shoes, 29, 157
* Sogn, county in South-West Norway, 7, etc.
* Sogn-sea, 46
* Solskel, island off North Mari, 4
* Solundir-islands, outside Sogn-sea, 45
* Solveig, earl Atli's daughter, 2
* Solvi, 4
* Sons' loss, title of poem, 171
* Spell, worked by Gunnhilda, 125
* Stack-moor, in Myrar, 182-84
* Stafar-holt, in Myrar, 186
* Stangar-holt, in Myrar, 51
* Stave, Introd. vii
* Steinar, 182, etc.
* Stone-sound, in the Fells, 114]
* Stord, island off Hordaland, 176
* Strome Firth, in Myrar, 53
* Swan-ness, 50, 51
* Swan-river, 107
* Sweden, 46, 155
T
* Tjaldaness, Egil's burial-place, 197
* Thing, public meeting, 112, 113, etc.
* Thing-field, 112
* Thjors-river, in South Iceland, 40
* Thor, 41; frequent prefix in names, as is seen below.
* Thora Lacehand, 57, 65
* Thora, Thorir's daughter, 135
* Thora, Thorstein's daughter, 182
* Thorarin, 52
* Thorbjorn Raven, 11
* Thorbjorn Krum, 50
* Thord, Brynjolf's son, 56, 71, 168
* Thord Beigaldi, 42, 50
* Thord, Grani's son, 68-70
* Thord, Sigtrygg's brother, 29, 32
* Thord, Thorstein's son, 182
* Thord Yeller, 52
* Thordis, Olaf's daughter, 52
* Thordis Staung, 51
* Thordis, Thorfid's daughter, 107
* Thordis, Thorolf's daughter, 105, 124; married to Grim, 169; Egil lives with them, 181
* Thordis, Yngvar's daughter, 122
* Thorfid Strong, 86-88, 100, 107
* Thorfinn, dwelt by Eida-wood, 159, 166
* Thorgeir Blund, 68, 181, 186
* Thorgeir Earthlong, 42, 51
* Thorgeir Lambi, of Swan-ness, 122, 192
* Thorgeir, Sigtrygg's brother, 29, 32
* Thorgeir Thornfoot, 65
* Thorgeir, Thorstein's son, 181
* Thorgerdr Brak, 70
* Thorgerdr, Thorbjorn's daughter, 182
* Thorgerdr, Egil's daughter, 147, 169, 170, 171
* Thorgils Yeller, 21-23, 29, 30, 37
* Thorir Giant, 42, 50 ​
* Thorir, Hroald's son, 2, 57, 61-64, 72, 73, 79, 88, 105
* Thorir, Kettle's son, 49
* Thorir Longchin. 13
* Thorir Thruma, 32
* Thorkel, earl, 39
* Thorkettle, 180
* Thormod, 181
* Thormod, Kleppjarn's son, 182
* Thorod, 181
* Thorolf, Kveldulf's son, 2; goes to Harold, 8; marries, 15; breaks with king, 27; falls, 37
* Thorolf, Skallagrim's son, 54; in Norway, 61; with Eric, 65 with Egil, 71-90; in England, 90-100
* Thorstein, Egil's son, 147, 180-194, 198
* Thorstein, Thora's son, son of Eric Allwise, 135, 136, 138, 139, 154, 155, 167
* Thorunn, Skallagrim's daughter, 55, 68
* Thorvald Proud, 86-88
* Thrand, 187
* Throndheim, county in Norway, 3, etc.
* Thronds, dwellers in Throndheim, 3
* Thuridr Dylla, 107
* Tongue Odd, 186, 188-190
* Torgar, island off Halogaland, 9, etc.
* Tunsberg, in Vik, 116
U
* Ulf. See Kveldulf.
* Ulf Fearless, 1
* Ulf, earl Arnvid's man, 163-65
* Upland, province of Norway, 3, etc.
V
* Vagar, islands of the Lofoden, 27
* Valdres, in Upland, 41
* Valland, foreigners' land, Icelandic name for France, 6, 98
* Vefsnir Firth, in Halogaland, 7
* Vemund, king of Firthfolk, 5
* Vermaland, in South Sweden, 154
* Vermians, people of Vermaland, 181,
* Vinheath, 93-98, 205
* Vik, the Bay, 31, etc., 199 [182
* Vitar, fishing-station outside the Firths, 117
* Vors, part of North Hordaland, 42
* Vors, island by South Mæri, 140
W
* Wager of battle, 140, 142-145
* Warm-brook, in Borgar-firth, 52
* Wener, lake in Sweden, 54
* White-river, in Borgar-firth, 51
Y
* Yngvar, father of Bera, 33, 55
* York, 91, 126
* Yule, 148
THE END.
Elliot Stock, 62, Paternoster Row, London, E.C.