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1 Viking (Ice. "Vikingr"; "vik", a bay or creek, "ingr", beloning to, (or men of) freebooters.

2 "West over the Sea" is the word for the British Isles.

3 See Todd (J. H.). "War of the Gaedhil with the Gaill".

4 He was son of Ingiald, son of Thora, daughter of Sigurd Snake-I'-th'-eye, son of Ragnar Lodbrok by Aslaug, daughter of Sigurd by Brynhild. The genealogy is, doubtless, quite mythical.

5 A Collection of Sagas and other Historical Documents relating to the Settlements and Descents of the Northmen on the British Isles. Ed., G. W. Dasent, D.C.L, and Gudbrand Vigfusson, M.A. "In the Press. Longmans, London. 8vo.

6 "Orkneyinga Saga".

7 Landtaking-book -- "landnam", landtaking, from "at nema land", hence also the early settlers were called "landnamsmenn".

8 To all interested in the subject of comparative mythology, Andrew Lang's two admirable books, "Custom and Myth" (1884, 8vo) and "Myth, Ritual, and Religion" (2 vols., crown 8vo, 1887), both published by Longmans, London, may be warmly recommended.

9 Iceland was granted full independence from Denmark in 1944. -- DBK.

10 These pirates are always appearing about the same time in English State papers as plundering along the coasts of the British Isles, especially Ireland.

11 For all the old Scandinavian poetry extant in Icelandic, see "Corpus Poeticum Borealis" of Vigfusson and Powell.

12 Snake-tongue -- so called from his biting satire.

13 "Sigurd the Volsung", which seems to have become all but forgotten in this century. -- DBK.