[1] The Baresarks were men on whom a passing fury of battle came; they were usually outlawed.
[2] The Norse goddess of the sea.
[3] I.e. subject to supernatural presentiments, generally connected with approaching doom.
[4] The Northern Fates.
[5] An able-bodied Goblin.
[6] The ghost in the cairn.
[7] To a duel, usually fought, in mail or without it, on an island—"holm"—within a circle of hazel-twigs.
[8] The "corse-choosing sisters" who were bidden by Odin to single out those warriors whose hour had come to die in battle and win Valhalla.
[9] Merchant.
[10] The annual assembly of free men which, in Iceland, performed the functions of a Parliament and Supreme Court of Law.
[11] The foe destined to bring destruction on the Norse gods.
[12] The penalty for manslaying.
[13] Stroma, the southernmost of the Orkneys.
[14] The Faroes.
[15] Tribute.
[16] "Health! health!"