naver;
his eld. son, William;
a witness.
Freskin, Mary;
dau. of Freskin, younger, and Johanna of Strathnaver, m. Sir
Reginald Chen II, had one fourth of Caithness.
Freskyn, Walter, de Moravia of Duffus;
son of Hugo F. of Sutherland, succeeded to Strabrock and Duffus;
his wife;
known as Sir Walter de Moravia;
of Duffus;
his son, Freskin, m. Johanna of Strathnaver;
grant of land in Clon from earl of Ross.
Freskyn, Walter, of Petty.
Freskyn (MacFreskyn), William, eld. son of Freskyn de Moravia;
charter of Strabrock and other lands in Lothian and Moray;
his sons;
omitted in _Sutherland Book_;
second lord of Duffus and Strabroc;
his eldest son, Hugo of Sutherland.
Freskyn, William, _dominus Sutherlandiae_, first earl of Sutherland;
eld. son of Hugo F.;
de Sutherland;
cr. earl of Sutherland:
_dominus Sutherlandiae_ from about 1214;
uncle of Freskyn the younger;
his lands bounded by those of Johanna on the north and east;
was probably Johanna's guardian;
cr. earl after 10th October 1237;
repulsed a Norse invasion (?) at Embo;
death.
_N.B.--All these Freskyns' name was de Moravia, not Freskyn.--J.G._
Freskyn, William, of Petty, son of William son of Freskyn.
Freswick (now Bucholie) Castle, (Lambaborg).
Fretheskin, see Freskin.
Frida, dau. of Kolbein Hruga, m. Andres, son of Sweyn Asleifarson.
Furness;
Wemund, monk of.
Gaedingar, too, 152 (n. 22).
Gaelic;
superseded Pictish;
in Sutherland full of Norse words;
Psalms translated into by Gilbert, bishop;
Gaelic blood crossed with Norse produced the Saga;
Gaelic in Sutherland and Caithness included many Norse words;
a trustworthy vehicle of Norse.
Gairsay;
Sweyn's castle;
robbed by earl Harald;
Sweyn's life and large drinking hall.
Gall, Eilean nan;
traditional combat.
Gall-gaels, or Gaelic strangers;
mixed Gaelic-Norse;
held sea from Lewis to Isle of Man;
of Argyll.
Galloway;
part of Valentia;
subdued by earl Thorfinn;
rebellion subdued;
Roland of, defeated Donald Ban MacWilliam;
rebellion put down by king Alexr. II.
Geographical Collections, (W. Macfarlane).
Gibbon, Gillebride or Gilbert, earl of Orkney and Caithness;
son or brother of earl Magnus II;
his dau. Matilda m. Malise, earl of Strathe
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