nd.
{Vissavald} Page 55, line 15. The Russian name Wsevolod.
{King Olaf Kvaran} Page 57, line 22. According to English sources Olaf
was lying with his fleet off Southampton during the winter of 994-995.
He received instruction there in Christianity from English bishops, and
was confirmed in the spring of 995, on which occasion King Ethelred was
his sponsor. He returned home to his country early in the summer.
{Rimul} Page 59, line 28. Rimul now the farm of Romol (Guldalen) on the
west side of the Gula river, opposite Melhus.
{Urgutherjot and Brimiskiar, Page 66 bottom.}
_Note missing._
{eastward as far as Lidandisnes} Page 72, line 6. The 'Sogn-sea' formed
the boundary between Sogn and Hordaland so that the territory given to
Erling was Hordaland, Rogaland, and the western part of Agder, as far as
the Naze.
{Sigurd Sow} Page 74, line 4. So-called because he 'rooted in the soil,'
_i.e._, practised agriculture.
{Olaf her son} Page 74, line 11. This is not historical. Olaf the Saint
was not christened until he was full grown. According to the oldest
sources he was baptized in Rouen by Archbishop Robert, the brother of
Duke Richard.
{Easter Eve} Page 76, line 21. April 16, 998.
{never should Odin beguile them} Page 78, line 20. Olaf, like all
Christians at that time, thought Odin to be an evil spirit.
{war-arrow} Page 78, line 27. A war-arrow was furnished with a cord or
twist of withy at one end, and was intended to summon all men armed to a
Thing.
{Scipa-Krok} Page 82, line 8. 'Ship-corner,' a little creek of the river
Nid, at the end of the present Strand Gade in Trondhjem.
{the Skeggi barrow at Austratt} Page 82, line 13. This barrow,
Skjeggehaugen, existed at the beginning of the nineteenth century;
it was situated to the south of the farm of 'Oestraat' (Austrat).
{aft with a crook} Page 91, line 33. _Svirar_: what these were is not
known; they must have been at the stern of the ship.
{Michaelmas} Page 93, line 16. September 29, 999.
{white weeds} Page 94, line 3. _I.e._, in christening raiment, which was
worn for a week after baptism.
{Aldeigiaborg} Page 100, line 31. The town of Ladoga; it was situated at
that time on the river Volkhov which debouches into the lake of Ladoga.
{Adalsysla & Eysysla} Page 101, line 8. The island of Oesel was named in
Old-Norse Ey-Sysla (island district) and the mainland opposite
Adal-Sysla (chief district), and the whole of Estland (or Esthonia)
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