accord with page 22,
line 2, in which Vingulmark is mentioned as being given to Harald the
Grenlander. Perhaps the error is on the page aforesaid, as on page 53,
line 30, Harald is described as King of Vestfold only.
{Vindland (Wendland)} Page 30, line 14. The present North Germany, from
eastern Holstein to eastern Prussia.
[Marker printed after "good havens" on next line.]
{Burizlaf} Page 30, line 17. _I.e._, Boleslaw. By 'Burislav,' as
mentioned here, must not be understood Boleslaw I of Poland (992-1025),
but his father Miesco or Mieczyslaw (964-992).
{Emperor Otta} Page 31, line 12. The Emperor Otta is the Emperor Otho II
(973-983). His march on Denmark did not take place in 988 as Snorri
calculates, but late in the autumn of 974. Nor was the Emperor's object
the conversion of King Harald, for the latter had accepted Christianity
about 960-- but to bring Denmark under his own vassalage.
{Danavirki} Page 31, line 18. The Danavirki, or Danish wall, began in
the east at the head of the Slefjord, and extended to the west only as
far as the Traeaa, the tributary river of the isthmus, and not to the
sea.
[Marker printed after "his call" earlier in sentence.]
{likewise King Burizlaf} Page 32, line 24. It is not historical that
Burislaw (or Miesco) accompanied the Emperor to the Danish wall; nor was
Olaf Tryggvason, who was not full grown in 974, with him.
{saintly bishop} Page 33, line 33. As early as 968 Vidkund of Corvey, in
his chronicle of that year, mentions Poppo's miracle and its effect in
causing Harald to embrace Christianity. The incident must be ascribed to
about the year 906.
{other learned men} Page 34, line 12. 'Learned men' means men trained in
the learning of the Church, that is to say, belonging to the priesthood.
{Gat answer Fret} Page 35, line 3. 'Go to Fret' (?) means to consult the
gods by means of the so-called 'blotspaan,' or sacrificial shavings.
These, and pieces of wood (perhaps inscribed with runes) were disposed
in a particular manner, for the purpose of gaining information from the
gods as to the future.
{Gyda} Page 39, line 6. Gyda was the daughter of Olaf Kvaran, and not
his sister. Olaf Kvaran died an old man in 980.
[Correct line reference is 7.]
{holmgangsman} Page 40, line 3. 'Holmgang' so called in Norway because
the two combatants retired alone to a holm or uninhabited islet to
fight. --Translator.
{across the isthmus} Page 48, line 1. Mandseidet in Stadla
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