Abasgun 108
Abbasid Caliphate 106
Advice to an Emperor 193
Aegir 18
Aelfgifu 184
Aelfheah, Archbishop of Canterbury 172
Aella, King of Yorkshire 74
Aethelred Unraed (‘Unready’) 121, 127, 128, 163–5, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173–5
Aethelstan (son of Aethelred Unraed) 174
Aethelwulf, King of Wessex 75
Aifur 103
Åland 99
Alcis 34
Alfheim, King of 58
Alfred the Great 75–80, 129, 192
Alof 88
America, North, Viking landings in 13, 53–4, 143, 148–59, 222–8
Anatolia 192
Andersen, Magnus 53–4
Andover 129
Andvari 40–1
Angantyr 23
Angles/Angle-land 4, 6, 7, 12, 50
Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, The 7, 9, 48, 50, 125, 163, 164, 166, 169, 170, 173, 211–12
language 50
Angul 24
Anna, Princess 114–15
Annales Bertiani 104
Annals of Ulster 69
Arcadiopolis, battle of 113
see also burial mounds; cemeteries; grave-goods; ship-burials
Arctic Sea 100
Argyllshire 216
Ari the Learned 143
Arnarson, Ingolf 141–2
Arthur, King 6
Asia Minor 191
Asleifarson, Svein 216
Assandon, Battle of 175–6
Astrid (daughter of Olof Skötkonung) 180
Astrid (mother of Crowbone) 124, 198
astronomy 17
Asvaldsson, Thorvald 145
Athelstan, King of England 78, 92, 93, 172
Athens 191
atrocities
Aud the Deep-Minded 142–3
Aud (wife of Turgeis) 72
Audhumla 20
Aurelianus, Ambrosius 6
aurora borealis 27
Azerbaijan 108
Badon Hill 6
Baffin Island 150
Baku 108
Basil II, Emperor (the Bulgar-Slayer) 114–15, 190, 191
Batavii 4
Bath 173
‘bear-shirts’ 26
beliefs, Viking 16–17, 36–7, 44–5
Benjahir 105
Beorhtic, King of Wessex 50
Beorhtric 169
Beothuk Indians 154
Berda 108
Berezany 106
Bergljót 203
berserkir 26
Bjarni Herjolfsson 148–50
Björkö 98
Bjorn (son of Fairhair) 91
Black Sea 4, 18, 102, 104, 106, 109, 196, 215
boar, worship of the 23
Bodvar the Wise 56
Boe 43
Boudicca, Queen 1–2
Bragi 18–19
Brentford 175
Britain
Crowbone circumnavigates 124–5
and Iceland 221–2
kingdoms of 6–7
Saxon settlement of 5–6
Vikings control eastern coast of 80
see also England; Ireland; Scotland; Wales
Brittany 7
Bructeri 3
Brusason, Rognavald 188–9
Brynhildr 27
Bulgars/Bulgaria 109, 112, 193
Buri 20
burial mounds 24
Byrhtnoth 126–7
Byzantine Empire 10–11, 13, 99, 103–5, 106, 108–13, 162, 190–6, 215
Cambridge 75
Canninefates 4
Canterbury 171–2
Canute the Great, King of England 167, 173–4, 175–9, 180, 181–4, 187, 194, 197, 207
Canute the Holy, King of Denmark (St Canute) 214
Carlingford Lough 73
Carpini, Friar 225
Caspian Sea 10, 106, 107, 108, 112
Charles the Bald 62
Charles the Simple 86
Chauci 3–4
Chicago World Fair 53
children, exposure of 144
Chippenham 77
chivalry 160
Christianity
echoes of in Viking sagas 44, 46–7
Viking conversions to 14, 61–3, 64–5, 78, 80, 95–7, 110–12, 114–15, 118, 120, 123, 129–30, 131–6, 179, 180
Cirencester 192
clergy, as targets of Vikings 49, 52
Cleveland 209
climate, changes in 5, 44, 117, 217–18, 229
Clonmacnoise 72
Clontarf, battle of 216
Clyde, River 74
Columbus, Christopher 158, 223, 224, 225
Columcille 69
compasses, solar 55
Conrad, Emperor 183
Constantine VII, Emperor 112
Constantine IX, Emperor 195
Constantine Porphyrogenitus, Emperor 103
Constantinople 10, 83, 99, 104, 111–12, 114, 190, 191, 194, 195–6, 215
Viking attacks on 108–10, 112–13, 115
constellations 17
Copford 167
Crab Island 221
creation, myth of 19–20
cross-dressing 56
Crusades 67
curachs 138
Cwichelm’s Barrow 167
Dan 24
Danelaw 78, 79, 80, 128, 165, 172
Daneskin 167–8
Danube, River 110
days of the week 33–4
De Administrando Imperio 103
Delaware river 222
Denmark
attacked by Germany 119–20
burial sites 24
Christianity in 61–3, 64–5, 215
origin of name 24
place-names 19
power struggles in 64–5, 94, 215
raids on the Vik 94
Swedish control of 64
and trade routes 59
tribes 3–4
war with Franks 60–3
Derby 77
Derwent, River 211
Diplomatarium Islandicum 143
dísir 36
divorce 56
Dnieper, River 101, 102, 103, 108
Dragon’s heads 54
dreams 36
Drevljane tribesmen 110–11
Dristra 113
drums, shamanic 35
Dunvegan Castle 217
Eadric Streona (‘the Acquisitor’) 168
East Anglia 6, 74, 79, 163, 165, 171, 176, 178
Edgar the Atheling 215
Edgar, King of England 121
Edington, battle of 77
Edith (daughter of Aethelred Unraed) 171
Edmund I, King of England 93
Edmund, King of East Anglia 74–5
Edward the Elder, King of Wessex 78
Edwin, Earl 209
Eggertsson, Gunnar 227
Egil’s Saga 90
Eider, River 60
eiderdown 25
Einar Paunch-shaker 161, 162–3, 184, 202–3
Eindridi 203
Elfsborg 222
Elgar, Edward 8
Ellisif, Princess 190, 196, 203, 208
elves 36
Emma, Queen 128, 175, 177, 184
End-Times 44–6
foundation of modern 79
invasion of 1066 207–12
navy 169
Norse place-names in 228
Viking raids on 121–2, 125–9, 163–78, 214–15
Erik Bloodaxe 37, 90–4, 97, 116, 118, 163, 209
Erik, Earl of Trondheim 123, 161, 162–3, 176, 178, 179
Erik the Red 145–8, 150, 152, 154, 157, 219
Erik the Victorious 56, 119, 120, 122, 123, 124, 130
Erik’s Saga 152
Eríkssonur, Leif xiv
Erp 143
Eyjolf the Lame 56
Eystein the Bad 95
Eystein Orri 212
Eyvind Kelda 132
Eyvind the Plagerist 56
famine 166
Fárbauti 38
Fatimid Caliphate 192
Finland/Finns 12, 13, 14, 32, 37, 99, 99–100, 180–1
Finnmark 85
fires, sacred 35
Folkstone 125
Formosus, Pope 78
Franks/Francia 4, 6, 50, 59, 65, 104, 124, 129, 170, 173
alliance with Wessex 75
grant land to Vikings 86
war with Saxons and Danes 60–2
Freydis (daughter of Erik the Red) 157–8
Freyfaxi 23
Frisia 61
Funen 24
futhark runic alphabet xiii
Fuzhou 11
fylgjur 36
Fyn 65
Gainsborough 173
Galti, Snaebjorn 146
Gandalf 82
gandir 36
Gannascus 4
Gardar the Swede 139
Garm 45
Gate Fulford 209
Gaul see Franks/Francia
Geira, Princess 124
Georgia 114
Geysa, Thorkel 200–1
Ginnungagap 19
Goda 125
Godard Point, Maine 214
Godric 127
gods
German 34
Godwinson see Harold II
Gotland 25, 64, 98–9, 106, 137
Graiae 21
grave-goods 24, 28, 53, 57, 67, 98–9, 105, 106, 108, 170
Great Army, Viking 75–6
Great Heathen Host 66–80, 164, 208
Greek fire 109
Greenland
colonisation of 147–8, 158–9, 217
discovery of 146–7
Inuits in 218–20
last Vikings in 218–21
under Norwegian rule 218
Greenlander Saga 149, 150, 151, 152, 156, 157
Greenwich 172
Gregory, Father 111
Grendel 25
Grimnismal 17
Grjotgarth 117
Gulathing Law 83
Gunnhild Kingsmother 37, 56, 90–1, 93, 94, 97, 116, 117, 118, 123, 124
Gunnhild (sister of Forkbeard) 165
Gunnhilde (daughter of Canute) 183
Gunnlaug Serpent-Tongue 128
Gunroth the Generous 58
Guthroth the Radiant 87, 88, 92
Gytha (daughter of Forkbeard) 123
Gytha (daughter of Harold Godwinson) 215
Hadstock 167
Haetheyn 41
Hagia Sophia Cathedral 111, 191
Haka Dale 82
Hakon IV, King of Norway 217
Hakon VII, King of Norway 216
Hakon the Good, King of Norway 92–7, 116, 133, 172
Hakon the Great, Earl 117–19, 120, 124, 129
Halfdan (Danish ‘king’) 63
Halfdan the Black 57, 58–9, 81
Halfdan the Black (grandson of above) 92
Halfdan the Stingy 58
Halfdan the Wide-Grasper 74
Hallgerd Long-legs 56
Halli the Sarcastic 56
Halogaland 180
Hamburg 62
hamingjur 36
Hanseatic League 218
Harald II, King of Denmark 174
Harald Bluetooth xiii, 64–5, 91, 94, 117, 118–20, 122, 123, 127
Harald Fairhair 59, 81–92, 116, 117, 131, 135, 141, 163, 170, 178–9
Harald Goldenbeard 59
Harald Grenske 118, 130, 131, 166
Harald Greycloak (Harald II, King of Norway) 116–18, 123, 163
Harald Red-Beard 58
Harald the Ruthless (Hardraada) 2, 186–213, 214, 217
Hardanger Fjord 50
Hardegon 64
Harold II, King of England (Godwinson) 177, 206, 207, 209–13, 215
Harthacanute, King of England 184, 194, 205–6
Hastings, battle of 213
Hebrides 49, 51, 68, 86, 124, 130, 139, 216, 217
Hedeby 60, 61, 62–3, 64, 98, 106, 119–20, 201
Hedin the Sorcerer 135
Heimskringla xiv, 8, 16, 18, 57, 58, 81, 82, 83, 84, 87, 90–1, 93, 96, 118, 124, 129, 131, 132, 143, 160–2, 170, 178, 179, 187, 188, 198, 201, 207, 223
Heithmork 58
Helgi, King 64
Henry III of Germany 183
Henry VIII, King of England 221
Heorot 25
Herebald 41
heregeld 122
hidden folk 35–6
hides 168
History of the English 177
Hoder 42–3
Holand, Hjalmar Rued 223–4
Hollander, Lee xiv
Holmgard see Novgorod
homosexuality 56
Horik the Younger 62
Hrafn the Dueller 146
Hring 30
Hrodmarrson, Leif 141–2
Hrolf the Walker 86, 128, 129, 213
Hromund the Lame 55
Hrothgar, King 25
Huntingdon, Henry 177
Husavik 139
Hygelac 23
Ibn Battúta 11
Ibn Rustah 107
Ice Age 2
Iceland
Christianity in 46–7, 135–6, 143–5
climatic change in 217
discovery of 138–40
and English piracy 220
Irish settlers in 138–9, 142–3
later history of 221
Scandinavian settlers in 10, 137, 141–3, 145–6, 200
under Norwegian rule 218
Igor (Ingvar), Prince of Rus 105, 108–10
Indians, North American xii, 153–7, 224, 226, 227
Ingigerd (daughter of Olof Skötkonung) 179–80, 184, 189
Ingjaldr 38
Ingstad, Anne Stine 227
Ingvar the Widefarer 10
intermarriage 70
internecine wars 64, 90–3, 160–2, 171
Inuit 14, 27, 214, 218–19, 219–20
Iona 51
Ireland
Christianity in 68–9
clans 68
colonies 50
monks from 138
place-names 71
Viking raids on 49, 51, 68–70, 124, 216
Viking settlers in 69–74
Irish Sea 216
Iron Age 23
Irpa 34
Islandbridge graves 71
Íslendingabók 143–4
Islendingur (replica ship) 227, 228
Isles of the West Men 142
Ivar (brother of Olaf the White) 73, 74–5
Ivar the Boneless 74
Ivar Horse-Cock 56
Ivar the Wide-Grasper 100
Ivarsson, Hakon 203–4
James III, King of Scotland 217
Járnskeggi 134
Jaropolk, Prince of Rus 114
Jaroslav the Wise, Prince of Rus 180, 184, 185, 189–90, 195, 196, 203
Jarrow 51
Jelling 64
Jolnir 29
Jotunheim 35
Julian, Emperor 7
Jutes 4
Karlsefni, Thorfinn 154–7
Kaupang 84
kenning 16
Kensington Stone 223–4
Kent 50, 75, 163, 164, 169, 170
Kiev 13, 102, 103, 105, 108, 110, 111, 112, 114, 115, 215
king, concept of 83, 84, 85, 96
King Harald’s Saga 200, 207, 212
Ladoga, Lake 100–2
landvoettir 36
language, archaeology of 32, 101, 224
Latvia 99
Law-Speakers, Icelandic 144, 145
Leicester 77
Leif the Lucky 12, 150–3, 154–5, 157, 158, 218
Leo IV, Pope 75
Libya 192
Liffey, River 70
Limerick 71
Lincoln 77
Lindsey 173
Lismore 69
Lolland 24
Lombards 192
London 79, 170, 173, 175, 177–8, 211
Long Serpent (warship) 162
Lothar (son of Louis the Pious) 62
Lough Owel 72
Lough Ree 72
Louhi 38
Louis the German 62
Louth 69
Low Countries 5
Macbeth 207
MacLeod, Clan 217
Mael Sechlainn 72
magic 37–8
Magnus II, King of Norway 208, 214
Magnus III King of Norway (Barelegs) 216
Magnus the Good, King of Norway 185, 194, 197–200, 201, 202, 205–6
Magyars 112
Mal, Prince of the Drevljane 110–11
Mälar, Lake 98
Malcolm of Scotland 207
Maldon, battle of 125–7
mara 36
Margaret of Denmark 217
Maria (Byzantine noble-woman) 194, 195, 196
masculinity, importance of 56
Médard, Bishop 48
Mediterranean Sea 191
Medway, River 163
Melkorka 142
Mercia/Mercians 6, 51, 75, 76, 79, 121, 168, 169, 175
Michael III, Emperor 104
Michael V, Emperor (Calaphates) 193–4
Michigan 222
Micmac Indians 154
Middle East, Viking trade with 11, 106–7
Midgard 20
missionaries 61–3, 135, 136, 152, 153, 179
monasteries 49, 51, 68–9, 105, 109, 138, 216
Mongols 225
Mons Badonicus 6
Møre 96
Morganwg 51
Morkere, Earl 209
Mukhâriq 11
Munster 68
Muslim world 10–11, 105–8, 112, 127, 191–2
Myrgiol, Princess 143
Mrkjartan 142
mythology, Norse 15–47
Naddod 139–40
Naglfar 45
Nanna 42–3
Napoleonic wars 216
navigation 17, 49–50, 54–5, 147
Nerthus 34
New Sweden 222
Nicholas V, Pope 220
nicknames 55–6
Nissa, battle of 205
Nordbrikt see Harald the Ruthless
Normans/Normandy 13, 86, 121, 128, 163, 168, 173, 192, 206, 209, 213, 215
Norns 21–2
Northern Crusades 215
Northey 126
Northumbria 6, 48, 74, 75, 93, 121, 124, 173, 176, 178, 207, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 215
Norway
Christianity in 65, 116–17, 130, 131, 132–6, 179, 180, 184, 201, 215
place-names 19
power struggles in 58–9, 81–3, 90–3, 116–18, 131, 178–9, 180–5, 194, 197–200, 201–4, 215–16
Nottingham 77
Nova Anglia 215
Nova Scotia 151
Novgorod 102, 110, 111, 114, 124
Odin 18, 19, 20, 25–31, 32–3, 34, 35, 39, 42, 45, 46, 80, 96, 97, 133, 144
Offa, King of Mercia 51
ogres 36
Ogvaldsness 132–3
Ohman, Olaf 223
Olaf II, King of Norway (the Stout, St Olaf) 166, 170, 171, 172, 173, 175, 178–85, 186, 187–9, 195, 202, 204
Olaf III, King of Norway (the Peaceful) 212–13, 214, 215, 223
Olaf (nephew of Hakon the Good) 95
Olaf (ruler of Denmark) 64
Olaf ‘Crowbone’ Tryggvason 114, 123–36, 143–4, 160–3, 179, 183
Olaf Geirstatha-Alf 58
Olaf the White, King of Dublin 73–4, 143
Olafsson, Tryggvi 95, 116, 117, 123–4
old age, death in 28
Oleg, Prince of Rus 114
Olga (Helga), St 110–12, 115, 189, 192
Olof Skötkonung, King 121, 123, 161, 174, 179, 180
Onund Jacob, King of Sweden 180, 181, 182, 183, 185
oral tradition 15
Orkneyinga Saga 67
Orkneys 49, 86, 130, 180, 208, 209, 216, 217, 221
Viking settlement of 66–7, 85, 88–9, 93, 118, 141
Orosius 84
Osbert, King of Yorkshire 74
Oseberg ship 57
Oslo 8
Ospaksson, Ulf 187
Osraige 73
Ostmen 216
Otto I 119
Ouse, River 210
Padstow 125
pagan religions 36–7, 46, 62, 78, 95–7, 107, 116–17, 118, 120, 131, 133–4, 144–5, 201
Pecheneg tribesmen 104, 108, 110, 112, 113–14, 189
Pepys, Samuel 168
Picts 67
Piraeus 191
Pirkkala 100
place-names 19, 32, 38, 46, 71, 80, 228
Poddle, River 70
Poland 99, 100, 124, 160–1, 189
Polotsk 115
Portland 50
Prince Edward Island 151
protection money 68, 80, 85, 94, 111, 121–2, 199
Pytheas 137–8
Ragnhild (daughter of Goldenbeard) 59
Ragnild (daughter of Bloodaxe) 94
ram-god 33
Rathlin Island 51
Raumsdale 96
Raven-Floki see Vilgerdason, Floki
Ravenwood 23
Repton 76
Reric 60
Rhine, River 4
Richard the Fearless 86, 128, 163
Rimbert 63
roads, Roman 210–11
rock carvings 17
Rogned 115
Rognvald the Resourceful 86, 88–9
Rognvald the Straight-Limbed 87, 91
Rome 183
Roskilde 24–5
Rouen 86
runes 30, 67, 99, 101, 103, 169, 191, 223–4
Rurik, Prince of Rus 102, 105, 110
Rus traders 101, 102, 104–8, 111–15, 228
Russia/Russians 13, 99, 100–4, 110, 115, 124, 180, 184, 185, 189, 195
Russian Primary Chronicle 101, 103, 110, 189, 192
sacrifices
human 23, 25, 75, 89, 107, 133–4, 144
Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-Tongue 128
Saga of the Jomsviking 123
Saga of the People of Laxardal 66, 142
Christian influence on 44, 46–7
as source material 15–16, 170, 192–3
St Adamnan 68
St Clair-sur-Epte, treaty of 86
St Clement of the Danes 178
St Lawrence, Gulf of 151
St Olaf Stairs 171
St Patrick 73
Samanids 106–7
Sámi 12, 22, 32, 35, 37–8, 87, 99, 100, 180
Sampo 20
Sanday 66–7
Saxo Grammaticus 24, 29, 41, 42–3, 192
Saxon Shore-forts 5
end of royal line 206
settlement of Britannia 5–6
and Viking attacks 75–80
war with Franks 60
Scandinavia
Christianity in 12, 61–3, 64–5, 130
fluid borders within 31–2
migration from 9–10, 13, 81, 85, 141, 200, 229
population increase 5
see also individual countries by name
Scarborough 209
Schleswig-Holstein 222
Schönbäck, Bengt 227
Scotland
treaty with England 207
Viking raids on 51, 73–4, 124, 182, 216–17
sea level, rise in 5
Severn, River 176
Shannon, River 70
shape-changers see transformers
sheep 66
Sherwin, Reider 224
Shetlands 49, 54, 66, 67, 86, 217, 221
ship-levy 83
ships 52–5
galleys 191
warships 54
Sigfred, Danish ‘king’ 63
Sigmund the Volsung 29
Sigrid the Haughty 56, 130, 166
Sigroth (son of Fairhair) 92
Sigurd 41
Sigurd the Bastard 87
Siward, Earl of Northumbria 207
skalds 16, 25, 26, 29, 37, 38, 55, 67, 117, 193
Skraelings 153–4, 155–7, 218–19
Skye, Isle of 217
slander 55–6
Snaefellsness 145
Snaefrid 87–8
Snorri see Sturluson, Snorri
Snorri (son of Gudrid) 155–6
Somerled 216
Song of Roland 45
souls 36–7
South Saxons 168
Southampton 125
Spain 4
Stamford 77
Stamford Bridge, battle of 211–12, 214
stars, as navigation aids 17
Steinunn 135
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
Sunday, observance of 96
Svasi the Finn 87
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
Svyatoslav, Prince of Rus 111, 112–14, 115
Sweden
burial mounds 24
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
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
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
Tostig, Earl of Northumbria 206–12, 215
from Denmark 59
from Sweden with East 98–108, 111, 112
with North American Indians 155–6
through Lake Ladoga 100–2
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
Turkey 192
twin deities 34
Tyrkir the Southerner 151
Tzimisces, John 112–13
Ubbi 74
Ulf (Canute’s regent) 182–3
ulfhednar 16
Úlfsson, Gunnbjörn 145
Ullin 34
Ûngortoq 219
United States, Scandinavian settlers in 222, 223
Universal History 84
universality 16
Urd (Fate) 21
Usipi 3
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
adapt to new homes 13, 14, 79–80, 86, 128–9, 216, 228
alternative names for 7
origin of term 7–8
rivalry between different groups 72–3, 86, 170
sailing skills 13–14
wane of Viking Age 200, 213, 214–17
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
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
weaponry 29
Wessex 6, 75–6, 77, 79, 163, 166, 169, 175
Westmeath 72
Westminster Abbey 167
Wexford 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
Woden/Wotan see Odin
‘wolf-skins’ 26
women
grave goods 28
nicknames of 56
role of 56–7
World Serpent 45
Wulfnoth, Bishop 178
Wulfnoth (West Saxon leader) 169, 175, 177
Year of Battles 75
Ymir 19–20
Ynglings 23
Yngvie see Frey
Zanj Rebellion 106
zodiac 18