Egil’s Saga (52 page)

A
RINBIORN’S
L
AY
: see
Arinbjarnarkυiða

A
RINBJARNARKVIDA
: 194–9. 302–4

A
RMOD
B
EARD
(Ármóðr Skegg): a bonder in Vermland 169; his inhospitable entertainment of Egil rudely rewarded 170–2; punished by Egil 173; sets an ambush for Egil in Eidwood 174, 175–6; but not again on Egil’s journey home 182. 296

A
RNALD
(Arnaldr): a (? imaginary) bonder in Vermland 169

A
RNFID
(Arnfiðr): an Earl in Halland, entertains Thorolf and Egil 91–3

A
RNFINN
(Arnfinnr): Earl of the Orkneys, weds a daughter of K. Eric Bloodaxe 134

A
RNGEIR OF
H
OLM
(Arngeirr): son of Bersi the Godless 116

A
RNKEL THE
P
RIEST
(Arnkell goði): 256, 268, 276, 287

A
RNVID
(Arnviðr): king in Southmere; falls at Solskel 5

A
RNVID
: Earl of Vermland; reputed to have slain King’s messengers who came for the scat 167; 176; pays the scat to Egil, and sends thirty men to sit for and slay him in Eidwood 177; his anger at their miscarriage 181; his treason discovered, he flees the land 183

A
SBIORN
(Ásbjörn): Earl, falls at Solskel 5

A
SBIORN
S
EAL’S-
B
ANE
: 264

A
SGAUT
(Ásgautr): Earl, falls at Solskel 5

A
SGEIR
K
NATTARSON
(Ásgeirr Knattarson, i.e. son of Knöttr): a bonder of Iceland 186

A
SGERD
(Ásgerðr): d. of Biorn the Franklin and Thora Jewel-hand and grand-d. of Earl Hroald; born at (or near) Burg and fostered by Bera and Skallagrim 67; Thorolf takes her to her f. in Norway 73, 78; 79; weds Thorolf 80; after Thorolf’s death Egil goes to Norway to look after her 113; E. woos and weds her 114–5; after some years returns to Norway with E. and guests with Arinbiorn while E. pursues her claim against Bergonund 116–7; B. claims that she should be adjudged the K.’s bondwoman 119–20; 124; 133; stays at home at Burg when E. sails on his third voyage abroad 135; her claims laid by E. before K. Hakon 149; and before Atli the Short 156; and finally met 158; her children by E. 159; after Bodvar’s drowning, sends to Herdholt for Thorgerd 187; E. recites to her his
Sonatorrek
188; her love for her son Thorstein; lends him E.’s silk cloak, Arinbiorn’s gift 202; after her death E. leaves Burg 203. 307

A
SHMAN
: see Alf.

A
SK
(Askr): in Hordaland; the seat of Thorgeir Thornfoot 71, 114, 117, 128, 156

A
SLAK
R
OCKSKULL
(Áslákr hólmskalli): 261

A
SLAUG
(Áslaug): d. of Duke Gutthorm 50

A
SNY
(Ásný): d. of Vestar, s. of Ketil Haeng 44

A
THELSTANE
(Aðalsteinn): King of England; takes Thorolf and Egil into his service 98–9; his plans to meet the Scots 100–1; his subtle policy 102–4; 106; comes to Winaheath 107; marshals his host for the second day’s battle 108; his great victory 109; entertains Egil, loads him with treasure and honours 110–3; 116; 123; 132; sets K. Eric Bloodaxe in power in Northumberland 134; 135; 140; Egil’s second visit to him 146; would keep E., and offers him power and honours 147–8; gives E. tokens to K. Hakon his fosterson 149–50; his death 160; E.’s references to him in his last two poems 220. 280–1

A
TLEY
: Norw., mod. Atleö, an isle off the Sondfjord 81, 82, 84

A
TLI THE
S
HORT
(enn skammi): s. of Thorgeir Thornfoot and b. of Bergonund 71–2; 147; 149; his answer to Egil’s claims 156; at the Gula-Thing 157; goes to holm with Egil and is slain 158

A
TLI THE
S
LENDER
(enn mjóvi): Earl of Gaular 2; 5. 255

A
TONEMENT
: see Boot

A
UD
, Q
UEEN
(Auðr): xxiii. 270, 298, 306

A
UDBIORN
(Auðbjörn): king of the Firth-folk 2; joins with Mere against K. Harald Hairfair; sends men to Kveldulf 4; falls at Solskel 5. 253

A
UDUN
I
LL-
S
KALD
(Auðun illskælda): skald to K. Harald Hairfair and to his father before him 11. 266

A
URLAND
: Norw., on the Aurlandsfjord; the seat of Bryniolf the Hersir 62–4, 68, 69; and afterwards of his s. Thord 78, 118; 119; 150; 155; 157; 183

A
UROCHS
: 275

A
URRIDAWATER
(Aurriðaá): Icel., a little river W. of Longwater 216

A
USTRVEGR
: 264

A
UTUMN
S
ACRIFICE
: 255

B
AILIFF
: 264

B
ALDNESS
: 265

B
ALL-
P
LAY
: 74–7. 272

B
ANQUET
: 259

B
ARD
(Bárðr): called Atley-Bard; a man of K. Eric Bloodaxe’s, entertains Egil and his companions 81–2; would poison Egil 83; slain by him 83–4; Thorir the Hersir thinks he got his deserts 86; 93; Q. Gunnhild otherwise 94

B
ARD
B
RYNIOLFSON
(Brynjólfsson): s. of Bryniolf and of Helga, d. of Ketil Haeng of Hrafnista 9; betrothed to Sigrid; in K. Harald’s bodyguard 11; called B. the White; his friendship with Thorolf Kveldulfson 12; weds Sigrid at Sandness; takes heritage, and rejects claims of Hildirid’s sons 13; wounded at Hafrsfirth 14; dies, leaving Thorolf his heir 15; 16; 17. xxxiii. 261

B
ARONS
: 254

B
ASTARD
: 262

B
ATTLEKNOLL
(Orrostuhváll): Icel., the scene of the fight between Steinar and Thorstein Egilson 217

B
AUG
(Baugr): fosterbrother of Ketil Haeng 53; settles in Iceland 44. 266

B
EACONS, THE
, (Vitar): skerries off the Norw. coast 126

B
EAR
: 286

B
EAUTY
: sense of in the sagas, xxx, xxxi–xxxii

B
EAVERS
: 263

B
EER
: 259

B
EIGALDI
: Icel. 56

B
EITSEA
(Beitsjór): mod. Beitstad fjord, Norw. 38

B
ERA
: Egil’s d. 159; wed 185

B
ERA
: Egil’s mother; d. of Yngvar 36–7; 60–1; fosters Asgerd 67; 68; thinks there is viking stuff in Egil 76; 132; her death mentioned in
Sonatorrek
190

B
ERDLA
(Berðla): the seat of Berdla-Kari, Norw. 1

B
ERDLA-
K
ARI
(Berðlu-Kári): Kveldulf’s father-in-law 1; 2; becomes K. Harald’s man 5; 12; 14; 39

B
ERGONUND
(Bergönundr): s. of Thorgeir Thornfoot, dwells at Ask in Fenhring; a stubborn man and ill to deal with 71; weds a d. of Biorn the Franklin 114; and on B.’s death seizes all the inheritance; a great friend of K. Eric and dearer yet to Q. Gunnhild 116; his answer to Egil’s claim (through Asgerd) to half the inheritance; summoned by E. to the Gula-Thing 117; comes to the Thing in K. Eric’s following and is big-spoken 118; his speech before the judges 119; bidden to the holmgang by Egil; banned by E. from the inheritance 121; sits at Ask with a strength of men for safety 125; but sends his men away when he hears E. is gone from Norway, and bids Frodi to feast with him 126; sits drinking at night with Hadd and Frodi 127–8; fights with Egil and is slain 128–9; Arinbiorn reminds K. Eric that he broke the law for B.’s sake 138; 147; 156. 271, 284, 285

B
ERGTHORA
(Bergþóra): daughter of Olaf the Peacock and Thorgerd, Egil’s d., 186

B
ERGTHORA
: Njal’s wife 260, 272

B
ERGTHORSKNOLL
(Bergþórshváll): xxvii. 282

B
ERSERK
(berserkr): 244–5

B
ERSI THE
G
ODLESS
(goðlauss): 116

B
ERSI
: called ‘Holmgang-Bersi’ 260, 293, 309

B
IALFI
(Bjálfi): Kveldulf’s father 1

B
IARMALAND
(Bjarmaland): mod. Perm 71. 271

B
IBLE
: xxix. 240

B
IORGOLF
(Björgólfr): grandfather of Bard Bryniolfson and father of the sons of Hildirid 9; his ‘loose bridal’ with Hildirid; his death 10; 11; 17. 259

B
IORN THE
E
ASTERNER
(Björn austræni): took land in Broadfirth 199

B
IORN THE
F
RANKLIN
(höldr): son of Bryniolf the Hersir 62; carries off Thora Jewel-hand the sister of Thorir the Hersir 63; when his father will not let him wed her against her kinsfolk’s will, carries her off once more, from Aurland; comes to Mosey in Shetland and weds Thora; hears he is outlawed in Norway, and sails to Iceland 64; taken in by Skallagrim: Sk.’s wrath, when he hears the whole story, appeased by Thorolf who becomes great friends with B. 65–6; peace made, by Sk.’s help, between Thorir and B., and B. goes to Norway with Thorolf 67–8; with Thorir’s help brings Thorolf into friendship with Eric Bloodaxe 69–70; after Thora’s death marries again 71; sets up house after his father’s death; reason for his by-name of ‘the Franklin’ 78; gives his d. Asgerd to Thorolf Skallagrimson 79–80; 94; and his d. Gunnhild (by the second wife) to Bergonund 114; and again, Asgerd to Egil 115; his death 116; 117; 119; peacemaking betwixt him and Thorir the Hersir 120; 121; 149; 156

B
IORN
: a hersir of Sogn; grandfather of Egil’s father-in-law, Biorn the Franklin 62

B
IORN THE
H
ITDALE
C
HAMPION
(Hitdælakappi): 116. 284

B
IORN THE
T
HICK
(enn digri): of Snaefellstrand 204

B
IORN
: King of Sweden; spares the skald Bragi as Eric Bloodaxe spared Egil 139

B
IORN’S-INFIELDS
(Bjarnartöður): near Burg 66

B
ITING
: swords not, 261; see also Blunting

B
LINDHEIM
: Norw., the seat of Fridgeir 151. 292

B
LOOD-
E
AGLE
: see Erne

B
LOOD-
O
FFERING
: 255

B
LÓT
: 255

B
LUND-
K
ETIL
(Blund-Ketill): Egil’s sister’s s. 74. 265, 272

B
LUNDSWATER
(Blundsvatn): Icel. 214

B
LUNTING
: of weapons, 294

B
OCCACCIO
: xxx. 240

B
ODVAR
(Böðvarr): s. of Egil 159; E. loved him much 186; drowned in Whitewater; laid in howe at Digraness beside Skallagrim; E.’s grief for him 187 ff. xxiii. 299

B
ODYGUARD
: 259

B
ONDER
(bóndi): 254

B
OOT
: 266

B
ORGARNES
: 268, 270, 302

B
RAGI
: the great skald, Arinbiorn’s great-grandfather on the mother’s side, made a drapa on Biorn the Swede-King 139. 288

B
RAK’S
S
OUND
(Brákarsund): near Burg 77. 270

B
RASIDAS
: the Spartan general 282

B
REASTPLATE
: of stone 298

B
RENNEYS
(Brenneyjar): a group of islands at the mouth of the Elf 93

B
RENT
(Brekka): = Anisbrent 209

B
RENTS
(Brekkur): Icel. 44

B
RIAN’S
B
ATTLE
: 265, 277

B
ROADFIRTH
(Breiðifjörðr): the great firth in W. of Icel., bounded on the S. by the Snaefellsness peninsula 184; 185; 199. xx, xxiv

B
ROADFIRTH
D
ALES
(Breiðifjarðardalir): a general name for the dale country inland from Broadfirth 186

B
ROADLAIRSTEAD
(Breiðibólstaðr): S. I cel., 44

B
ROTHERS WITH SAME NAME
(Wolf): 297

B
RUNANBURH
: 280–1

B
RYNIOLF
(Brynjólfr): a landed man in Halogaland, father of Bard Bryniolfson 9; drives away Hildirid and her sons 10; becomes K. Harald’s man 11; his death 13; 17

B
RYNIOLF THE
H
ERSIR
: father of Biorn the Franklin and Thord of Aurland 62; forbids B. to wed Thora Jewel-hand against her brother’s will; sends B. abroad with a cheaping ship 63; 64; 65; 66; offers Thorir atonement on B.’s behalf 67; welcomes B. and Thorolf Skallagrimson in Sogn 68; 71; his death 78; 119

B
RYNIOLF
H
ELGISON
(Helgason): 78

B
UI THE
T
HICK
(Búi enn digri): a lord of Jomsburg 305

B
URG
(Borg): Icel., on the N. of Burgfirth, the seat of Skallagrim and, after him, of Egil 55, 56, 59, 61, 65, 72, 73, 74, 76, 77, 78, 115, 116, 131, 132, 133, 135, 187, 194, 201, 204, 205, 207, 208, 213, 216, 223

B
URGFIRTH
(Borgarfjörðr): S.W. Icel., running inland north-eastwards from the S. part of Faxa Flow 54, 55, 56, 57, 59, 65, 72, 74, 115, 131, 159, 183, 184, 219. 268, 270, 299

B
URGLAVA
(Borgarhraun): Icel. 55, 218

B
URNING
: 265

B
URTON
, S
IR
R
ICHARD
: xxx

B
URTON
, R
OBERT
: 238. 246, 262, 297

B
USHBRIDGE
(Hrísbrú): Icel. 222

B
USHES, THE
(Hrísar): Icel. 74

B
USINESS
: 287

B
YRDA
(Byrða): Norw. island, mod. Börö 34

B
YRNY
(brynja): 281

B
YRNY-
T
ROLL
: 267