A Brief History of the Vikings (39 page)

Stilkastad, battle of
185
,
187–8

Stone Age
24–5

Stour, River
79

Sturluson, Snorri
15–16
,
17
,
18
,
19
,
20
,
22
,
26
,
31
,
33
,
37
,
38
,
40
,
41
,
42
,
43
,
44
,
45
,
46–7
,
57–8
,
81
,
82
,
87
,
90
,
96
,
117
,
131
,
132
,
143
,
160–2
,
170
,
178
,
179
,
180
,
187
,
189
,
192
,
194
,
196
,
201

Styrbjorn
119
,
123

Sun, the
20
,
33

Sunday, observance of
96

Suomi
32
,
99

Surt
45
,
46

Sutherland
68
,
217

Svasi the Finn
87

Svein, Earl
162
,
179

Svein, vassal-king of Norway
184

Svein Estridsen
63
,
197–201
,
205
,
206
,
207
,
214

Svein Forkbeard
108
,
120–1
,
122–3
,
127–8
,
129
,
130
,
131
,
160
,
161–7
,
168
,
169
,
170
,
172–3
,
174
,
177
,
206
,
207

Svold, battle of
161–2
,
163

Svyatoslav, Prince of Rus
111
,
112–14
,
115

Sweden

burial mounds
24

Christianity in
61
,
215

colonies in North America
222

place-names
19

power struggles in
64
,
162
,
179–80
,
215

settlement of
23

Vikings look east from
99–104

Tacitus
34

Tadcaster
211

Tale of Thorvald the Far-Travelled
127

taxation

Saxon
168
,
171

Viking
83–4
85
,
90
,
111
,
181
,
201
,
205

Terebinthos, monastery
105

Thames, River
78
,
79
,
163
,
170
,
175
,
176
,
178

Thangbrand
135

Theodora
196

Thietmar of Merseburg
25
,
161

Thor
18
,
19
,
25
,
31
,
34
,
35
,
38
,
39
,
42
,
45
,
72
,
135
,
144

Thora (daughter of Hakon the Good)
97

Thora (daughter of Thorberg Arnarson)
203
,
214

Thora Morstrstong
92

Thorfinn Skullcleaver
94

Thorgerda
34

Thorhall the Hunter
155

Thorir (ship’s captain)
152
,
153

Thorir the Hound
188

Thorir the Silent
88

Thorkatla Bosom
56

Thorkell the Tall
169
,
171–2
,
173
,
176
,
178

Thorkelsson, Thorgeir
144–5

Thorleif the Wise
88

Thorolf (associate of Raven-Floki)
141

Thorolf Lousebeard
124

Thorstein Shipbuilder
188

Thorsteinn (brother of Leif the Lucky)
152
,
154

Thorsteinn The Red
143

Thorvald (bother of Leif the Lucky)
153
,
154

Thule
137

Thyri
64
,
123
,
160–1
,
165

Tiwaz
32–3
,
42

Tostig, Earl of Northumbria
206–12
,
215

trade
9
,
10
,
25
,
49

from Denmark
59

from Norway
83–4
,
85

from Sweden with East
98–108
,
111
,
112

with Iceland
83
,
84
,
136

In Middle East
11
,
106–7

with North American Indians
155–6

through Lake Ladoga
100–2

transformers
26
,
38
,
39–40

Trelleborg
65

tribute
111
,
121–2
,
126
,
127
,
165–6
,
167
,
171
,
181–2
,
200

trolls
36

Trondheim
xii
,
19
,
31
,
118
,
131
,
133–4
,
136
,
160
,
178–9
,
183
,
208
,
213
,
218
,
221

earls of
85
,
92
,
93
,
94
,
95
,
96
,
97
,
116
,
117
,
120
,
121
,
161
,
162
,
181
,
182
,
184
,
201–3

Turf-Einar
88–90

Turgeis
70
,
72
,
73

Turkey
192

twin deities
34

Tyne, River
5
,
209

Tyr
19
,
33
,
34
,
45

Tyrkir the Southerner
151

Tzimisces, John
112–13

Ubbi
74

Ui-Neill clan
68
,
69
,
73

Ulf (Canute’s regent)
182–3

ulfhednar
16

Úlfsson, Gunnbjörn
145

Ull
19
,
34

Ullin
34

Ûngortoq
219

United States, Scandinavian settlers in
222
,
223

Universal History
84

universality
16

Uppland
23
,
24

Uppsala
24
,
119

Urd
(Fate)
21

Usipi
3

Valhalla
28
,
45
,
97

Valkyries
27–8
,
42
,
45

Vanir
18
,
33
,
34
,
36

Varangians
114
,
115
,
190–2
,
193
,
194
,
195
,
215

Vatnsdale
38

Ve
20

Verdandi
(Being)
21

Verdir
36

Verne, Jules
8

Veturlidi
135

Victorians, and Viking sagas
8

Vidar
45

Viful
143

Vigrid
45

Vik
7–8
,
31
,
58
,
92
,
93
,
116
,
205

Viking
(replica ship)
53–4
,
223

Vikings

adapt to new homes
13
,
14
,
79–80
,
86
,
128–9
,
216
,
228

alternative names for
7

fascination of
13–14
,
228

origin of term
7–8

pagan religions
12
,
32

rivalry between different groups
72–3
,
86
,
170

sailing skills
13–14

wane of Viking Age
200
,
213
,
214–17

who they were
9–13
,
85

Vilgerdason, Floki
140–1

Vili
20

Vinland
13
,
151
,
153
,
154
,
155–9
,
186
,
214
,
217
,
222
,
223
,
225
,
226–8

Vladimir the Great
114–15
,
190

Vladimir II, Prince of Kiev
215

Volga, River
101
,
106
,
112

Wagner, Richard
41

Wales, Viking raids on
124
,
163

war-bands
28
,
30
,
52
,
59
,
78–9
,
80
,
122
,
125
,
127

Wareham
76

Wars of the Irish with the Foreigners
69

Waterford
69
,
71

weaponry
29

Wends
119
,
124
,
160
,
161
,
162

Wessex
6
,
75–6
,
77
,
79
,
163
,
166
,
169
,
175

West Saxons
6
,
75
,
77
,
169

Westmeath
72

Westminster Abbey
167

Wexford
71

Wicklow
69
,
71

Widukind
60

Wight, Isle of
163

Wilde, William
71

William the Bastard (the Conqueror)
206
,
213
,
215

William Longsword
86

Wilmington, Delaware
222

Wiltshire
166

Winchester
173

winter bases
51

Wisconsin
222

witchcraft
72
,
91

Woden/Wotan
see
Odin

‘wolf-skins’
26

women

grave goods
28

nicknames of
56

role of
56–7

World Serpent
45

World Tree
17
,
20–2
,
46

Wulfnoth, Bishop
178

Wulfnoth (West Saxon leader)
169
,
175
,
177

Year of Battles
75

Yggdrasill
20
,
46

Ymir
19–20

Ynglings
23

Yngvie
see
Frey

York
48
,
74
,
209–10
,
211

Yuletide
95
,
97

Zanj Rebellion
106

Zealand
24
,
94

zodiac
18

Zoe, Empress
191
,
193–4
,
195

The Gokstad longship

Fragment of a painted stone showing Odin on his eight-legged horse Sleipnir