Bard Herjolfsson (father of Herjolf Bardarson) 636
Bard Hoskuldsson 284–5, 303, 305, 312, 317–20
Bard the Peevish 267
Bardi (Killer-Bardi) Gudmundarson 150, 230, 326, 377–9, 561
Bardi the Short 598–601
Baug (foster-brother of Ketil Haeng) 38–9
Beard-Avaldi see Avaldi Ingjaldsson
Beard-Bjalfi 508–9
Beard-Broddi see Broddi Bjarnason
Beard-Thorir (at Herdla) 103, 106
Beinir the Strong 315, 415, 417
Bera Egilsdottir (Skallagrimsson) 129, 150
Bera Yngvarsdottir (wife of Skallagrim) 33, 51, 56, 62, 107
Berg Skammfot (at Skammfotarmyri) 524–5
Berg the Bold 239–41, 243–6
Berg Vesteinsson (son of Vestein Vesteinsson) 504, 543, 556–7
Bergfinn (Norwegian skipper) 561–2
Berg-Onund Thorgeirsson 59, 92, 95–9, 102–6, 112, 120, 127
Bergthor (farmer at Bodvarsholar) 494
Bergthora Olafsdottir (Peacock) 149, 321, 326
Bersi (farmer at Bersastadir) 513
Bersi the Godless 94
Bersi Veleifsson the Dueller 285, 321
Bjalfi (father of Kveldulf) 8
Bjalfi Hildisson 494
Bjarni (farmer at Laugarhus) 439–40, 443
Bjarni Brodd-Helgason (at Hof) 677–83
Bjarni Grimolfsson 664, 666–7, 669, 671, 673
Bjarni Herjolfsson (from Drepstokk) 636–8
Bjarni Skeggjason (from Breida) 347
Bjarni the Stout 169
Bjarni Thordarson of Hofdi 422
Bjartmar (in Arnarfjord) 504, 512, 529, 544
Bjorg Eyvindardottir 280
Bjorgolf (landholder at Torgar Island) 14–15, 19
Bjorn (father-in-law of Ref the Sly) 605–6
Bjorn (hersir in Sognefjord) 52
Bjorn (kinsman of Hrafn Onundarson) 593
Bjorn (Norwegian skipper) 257
Bjorn (settler in Bjarnarfjord, father of Jorunn Bjarnardottir) 284
Bjorn (Sleitu-Bjorn) Hroarsson 303
Bjorn Arngeirsson Champion of the Hitardal people 94, 561
Bjorn Brynjolfsson the Landowner 52–9, 65, 77, 92, 94–5, 97–9, 121, 127, 561
Bjorn Buna (hersir in Norway) 276, 327, 653
Bjorn Eiriksson (King of Sweden 885–935) 112
Bjorn Gilsson (Bishop at Holar 1147–62) 652, 674
Bjorn Ketilsson the Easterner (son of Ketil Flat-nose) 165, 276–7, 279, 281, 327, 653
Bjorn Refsson (son of Ref the Sly) 606, 609, 617–19, 622, 624
Bjorn the Black (berserk) 500–501
Bjorn the Red (Red-Bjorn) 167, 285
Bjorn Thorfinnsson (son of Gudrid Thorbjarnardottir; see also Thorbjorn Thorfinnsson) 651
Blund-Ketil Geirsson 61
Bodvar (one of Ingimund Thorsteinsson’s men) 209
Bodvar Egilsson (Skallagrimsson) 129, 150–52
Bolli Bollason (son of Gudrun Osvifsdottir) 382, 386, 388–9, 391, 394, 397, 399, 403, 405–12, 419–22, 424–35, 712
Bolli Thorleiksson (third husband of Gudrun Osvifsdottir) 318, 321–2, 325, 331,344–7, 349–52, 354–6, 359, 361–2, 364–82, 385, 387, 389–91, 398, 402, 408–9, 421
Bork Thorsteinsson the Stout 282, 298, 505, 519–20, 523–32, 537–43, 556
Bothild (slave of Ingjald) 536–9
Bragi Boddason (poet) 112
Brand (Faxi-Brand) 243–4
Brand Saemundarson (Bishop at Holar 1163–1201) 651, 674
Brand Thorarinsson 420
Brand Vermundarson the Generous 347
Broddi (Beard-Broddi) Bjarnason (a ‘Confederate’) 477, 479, 485, 488, 491, 683
Brynjolf Bjarnarson (hersir in Sognefjord) 52–3, 55–6, 59, 64, 97
Brynjolf Bjorgolfsson (at Torgar Island) 14–16, 19, 28
Brynjolf Helgason 64
Canute Sveinsson the Great (King of Denmark 1018–35, of England 1016–35) 166, 580
Dala-Koll see Koll
Dalla Onundardottir (daughter of Onund Anason Sjoni) 169
Dalla Thorvaldsdottir (wife of Bishop Isleif) 345
Dueller-Starri see Starri Eiriksson
Dyri (settler in Dyrafjord) 504
Edgar (King of England 959–75) 572
Edmund I (King of England 940–46) 129
Edward the Elder (King of England 899–924) 80–81
Egil Audunarson 345
Egil Skallagrimsson 51–2, 62–82, 85–114, 118–52, 158–9, 173–7, 180–84, 312–15, 322, 377, 561, 564, 569
Egil Skulason (grandson of Thorstein Egilsson, a ‘Confederate’) 477, 479–83, 486–7, 489–93
Egil Thorsteinsson (Egilsson) 169, 561
Eid of As 383–6
Einar (‘brother’ of Sneglu-Halli) 704–5
Einar Eyjolfsson of Thvera 204
Einar Hareksson Fly 703–7, 712
Einar Helgason Skalaglamm 165–7
Einar Jarnskeggjason (son of Jarnskeggi Einarsson) 484
Einar Magnusson (father of Magnus Einarsson Bishop) 683
Einar Sigmundarson (at Laugarbrekka) 655
Einar Skeggjason (the Dueller) 503
Einar Skulason (priest) 561
Einar Teitsson (godi) 172–7
Einar Thorbjarnarson 440–43, 445, 447, 460
Einar Thorgeirsson (at Thorgeirsfell) 655–6
Eindridi Onundarson (brother of Hrafn Onundarson) 566
Eirik (brother of Sheath-Grani) 623–4
Eirik Hakonarson the Earl (King of Norway with Svein, his brother, 1000–13) 184, 570, 576, 580, 589, 638
Eirik Haraldsson Blood-axe (King of Norway 930–34) 57–60, 65–7, 69, 71, 77–9, 95–103, 106, 108–22, 127, 129, 132, 160
Eirik the All-wise (landholder) 120
Eirik the Victorious (King of Sweden 935–93) 577
Eirik Thorvaldsson the Red (first settler in Greenland, father of Leif Eiriksson) 636, 638, 641, 643, 654–5, 657, 660–62, 664–7, 672–3
Eirik’s sons (sons of Eirik Blood-axe) 132, 134–5, 158, 166
Eldgrim (at Eldgrimsstadir) 338–40
Ella (probably King of Northumbria, d. 867) 91
Erlend Jonsson the Torpid 374
Erling the Wealthy 59
Erp (from pictish ‘Esp’, son of Earl Meldoon; a freed slave) 280
Ethelred the Unready (son of Edgar, King of England 978–1013, 1014–16) 572, 574, 580, 584–5, 591
Eyjolf (at Karnsnes) 244
Eyjolf (outlaw) 397
Eyjolf Aesuson (of Sviney) 654
Eyjolf Eyjolfsson 345
Eyjolf Gudmundarson the Lame 345
Eyjolf Thordarson the Grey 282, 519–20, 522, 531–3, 536, 541, 547–8, 550, 553–6
Eyjolf Thorfinnsson 567
Eystein Erlendsson (Archbishop of Trondheim 1161–88) 374
Eystein Ivarsson Glumra 653
Eysteinn Olafsson Fart (king) 438
Eyvind (father of Ozur and Thorodd) 150
Eyvind Bjarnason (brother of Sam) 439, 456–61
Eyvind Braggart (brother of Queen Gunnhild) 78–80, 94
Eyvind Lamb (son of Kari from Berle) 8–9, 13, 15–17, 36–7
Eyvind the Easterner 276, 278, 653
Eyvind the Plagiarist (poet, son of Finn the Squinter) 37
Eyvind the Proud 215–16, 225, 235, 260
Faravid (king of the Kven people) 24–5, 28
Filth-Eyjolf 654
Finn Arnorsson the Priest 684
Finn the Squinter (son of Eyvind Lamb) 37
Finnbogi (skipper) 648–9
Finnbogi Asbjarnarson the Mighty 239–46
Fostolf (brother of Throttolf) 266–8
Frederick the Bishop 265
Freydis Eiriksdottir (the Red) 636, 648–51, 666, 670
Fridgeir Gyduson (at Blindheim) 122–6, 132
Fridmund (one of Ingimund Thorsteinsson’s men) 209
Frodi (foster-son of Eirik
Blood-axe) 102–5
Frodi the Valiant 276
Galti Ottarsson (brother of Hallfred the Troublesome Poet) 264, 582
Gardi (foreman on Thorstein the Black’s farm) 663–4
Gaut (at Gautsdal; see also Thororm (friend of Eyvind the Proud)) 216, 225
Geir Ketilsson the Wealthy 61
Geir Thorgilsson (from Vik) 606
Geirlaug Eyvindardottir (wife of Sighvat the Red) 37
Giermund Hjorsson Dark-skin 149
Geirmund Ingjaldsson (foster-son of Thorkel Sursson) 511, 514, 519–21, 556–7
Geirmund Saemundarson 204, 216, 225–7
Geirmund Thunder (follower of Earl Hakon the Powerful) 322–6
Geirny Gnupsdottir 566
Geirstein (of Jorvi) 654
Gellir Sigridarson (from Hlid) 603–4
Gellir Thorkelsson (son of Gudrun Osvifsdottir, a ‘Confederate’) 405, 413, 418, 420–21, 477, 479, 483–9, 492–3
Gest Oddleifsson the Wise (at Hagi) 328–31, 333, 337, 383, 399–400, 506, 533, 541–3, 546, 548, 556, 597–8, 602–5
Giant-Bjorn 189
Gilli the Russian (Irish ‘gillae’: a boy) 287–8
Gisli Sursson 501–41, 544–57
Gisli Thorkelsson (Skerauki) 500–501
Gizur Isleifsson (Bishop of Iceland 1082–1106; at Skalholt 1106–1118) 345
Gizur Teitsson the White 353–4
Gjaflaug Arnbjarnardottir (wife of Thorleik Hoskuldsson) 303
Gjaflaug Kjallaksdottir (wife of Bjorn the Easterner) 278
Glaedir (son of Gudmund the Powerful’s sister) 259–63
Glum (at Skridinsenni) 467
Glum Geirason (poet) 328, 333
Gnup Molda-Gnupsson 566–7
Goat-Bjorn Molda-Gnupsson 582, 585–6
Godric (Earl in Northumbria) 81–2
Gorm the Old (King of Denmark -940) 74
Grani (Sheath-Grani) 619–23
Grani (slave of Steinar Sjonason) 170
Grani at Granastadir (one of Skallagrim’s men) 40, 48, 62
Grelod (wife of Thorfinn Einarsson, Earl of the Orkney Islands) 278, 653
Grettir Asmundarson the Strong 345, 467, 531
Grim (helper of Ref the Sly) 602
Grim (kinsman of Hrafn Onundarson) 589–91
Grim (one of Skallagrim’s men) 40
Grim Bardarson 17
Grim Eidsson (of As) 383–6
Grim Grimolfsson 47
Grim Heggsson 62
Grim Ingjaldsson (foster-brother of Ingimund Thorsteinsson) 198, 200–201, 204–6, 209–10
Grim Ketilsson Hairy-cheeks (from Hrafnista) 119, 504
Grim Svertingsson (Lawspeaker 1002–3) 149, 168, 173, 180, 182–3
Grim Thorisson the Halogalander 46–7, 94
Grim Thorsteinsson (Egilsson) 169, 178–9
Grima (wife of Kotkel) 333, 340–41
Grimar Grimsson at Grimarsstadir 47
Grimhild (wife of Thorstein the Black; see also Sigrid) 644–5
Grimolf (one of Skallagrim’s men) 40, 47
Gris (one of Skallagrim’s men) 41, 49
Gris Saemingsson 264
Grjotgard (son of Earl Hakon of Lade) 10
Groa (sister of Thorey) 246–7
Groa Dala-Kollsdottir (mother of Bersi the Dueller) 285
Groa Geirmundardottir (Thunder) 324
Groa Thorsteinsdottir (the Red) 278, 653
Gudbrand Thorsteinsson (Ingimundarson) 237, 248, 250–54
Gudlaug (nephew of Osvif) 369, 371, 375
Gudmund (survivor of shipwreck) 299–300
Gudmund Amundason 683
Gudmund Eyjolfsson the Powerful 204, 259, 262–4, 353, 360, 362, 426, 431–2
Gudmund Solmundarson (in Vididal) 150, 230, 326, 358, 373, 377, 379
Gudny Bardardottir (daughter of Bard Hoskuldsson) 318
Gudny Bodvarsdottir 684
Gudrid (native woman in Vinland) 647
Gudrid (wife of Kolbein Flosason Lawspeaker) 683
Gudrid Ingjaldsdottir (foster-daughter of Gisli Sursson) 511, 514, 516, 529, 547, 552, 554, 556–7
Gudrid Thorbjarnardottir 641, 643–7, 651–2, 655–7, 659, 662–5, 671, 674
Gudrid Thorsteinsdottir (wife of Thorkel Scarf) 285, 299
Gudrod Halfdanarson the Hunting King 438, 653
Gudrun Amundadottir 683
Gudrun at Marbaeli 422, 424
Gudrun Gjukadottir (legendary heroine) 526
Gudrun Gudmundardottir 326
Gudrun Ospaksdottir 420
Gudrun Osvifsdottir 327–30, 332–8, 344, 346, 354–9, 361–9, 372, 376, 378, 380–83, 385–90, 397–9, 402–8, 411, 413–14, 418–21
Gudrun Sigmundardottir 420
Gudrun Steinsdottir 684
Gunnar (husband of Olof Thorgilsdottir) 606, 609–18
Gunnar Egilsson (Skallagrimsson) 129, 152
Gunnar Hamundarson of Hlidarendi (main character in Njal’s Saga) 561
Gunnar Hlifarson 168, 282, 561
Gunnar Thidrandabani 404–5
Gunnbjorn Erpsson 280
Gunnbjorn Ulfsson (discoverer of Greenland) 654
Gunnhild (wife of Vestein Vesteinsson) 504, 556–7
Gunnhild Bjarnardottir 59, 92, 95, 97
Gunnhild Halfdanardottir (wife of Finn the Squinter) 37
Gunnhild Ozurardottir (queen, wife of Eirik Blood-axe) 59, 66–7, 70, 77–9, 94–5, 97–8, 102, 106, 109–10, 112–14, 121–2, 129, 300, 305–6, 311
Gunnlaug (mother of Ofeig Skidason) 465
Gunnlaug Hromundarson 94
Gunnlaug Illugason Serpent-tongue (poet) 169, 184, 280, 561, 565–94
Gunnlaug Serpent-tongue (father of Thurid Dylla) 565
Guttorm Sigurdarson 43–5
Gyda Solmundardottir (wife of Thorstein Ingimundarson; see also Thurid Solmundardottir) 230, 246
Gyda Thorisdottir (sister of Arinbjorn) 122–4
Hadd Thorgeirsson 59, 102, 104–5
Haki (from Scotland) 667
Hakon (Earl of Lade) 11, 706
Hakon Haraldsson the Good (foster-son of King Athelstan, King of Norway 934–60) 80, 108–9, 120–21, 126, 129, 131, 135, 137, 147, 158, 284, 286, 288, 319, 327, 500, 597
Hakon Sigurdarson the Earl/the Powerful (King of Norway 975–95) 165–6, 182, 322–3, 346, 571, 706
Halfdan Eysteinsson the Mild and Meal-stingy (king) 438
Halfdan Grjotgardsson (Earl of Lade) 37
Halfdan Gudrodarson the Black (King of Norway) 9, 15, 43, 161, 438
Halfdan Olafsson White-leg (King of Norway) 135, 653
Hall (of Saudeyjar) 290–92
Hall Gudmundarson 150, 184, 326, 360, 362, 374, 378
Hall Styrmisson (son of Styrmir from Asgeirsa) 484
Hall Styrsson (son of Killer-Styr) 318
Hall Thorsteinsson of Sida 352–3
Halla (mother of Thorgils Holluson) 383, 400
Halla Bjarnadottir (daughter of Bjarni Brodd-Helgason) 683
Hallad Rognvaldsson 203
Hallbera (mother of Gudmund the Powerful) 204
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