The Sagas of the Icelanders
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Molda-Gnup (settler at Grindavik 566, 582
Mord Sighvatsson Gigja (father of Unn Mardardottir) 303
Myrkjartan (Muirchertach/Certán, father of Melkorka, king in Ireland) 149, 290, 304, 306, 308, 310, 312–15, 321, 398
Narfi see Hellu-Narfi
Narfi (see also Ref Steinsson the Sly and Sigtrygg) 618–23
Nereid (mistress of Thorgrim Hallormsson) 247
Nidbjorg Bjolansdottir (daughter of Kadlin) 327
Njal Eidsson (of As) 383
Njal Thorgeirsson (Irish ‘Níall’; main character in Njals Saga) 587
Odd (of Jorvi) 654
Odd (son of Thorhalla Chatterbox) 327, 369
Odd Ofeigsson 465–85, 487–8, 492–5
Odd Onundarson see Tungu-Odd Onundarson
Odd Orlygsson 507
Odd the Hermit at Einbuabrekkur (one of Skallagrim’s men) 41, 48, 49
Odd Unason (at Unadal) 217–19
Oddbjorg Skjoldolfsdottir (wife of Hrafnkel Frey’s Godi) 439
Oddi Yrarson 326
Oddleif (father of Gest Oddleifsson) 506, 597
Ofeig Jarngerdarson 465
Ofeig Onundarson Grettir 39
Ofeig Skidason (farmer at Reykir) 465, 474–6, 478–88, 491–2
Ogmund Galtason 169
Olaf (at Haukagil) 214, 248–50, 254, 265–6
Olaf (kinsman of Hrafn Onundarson) 589–91
Olaf Eiriksson (King of Sweden 993–1022) 577–8, 580
Olaf Gudrodarson (King) 653
Olaf Haraldsson (son of Harald Hakonarson Fair-hair) 102
Olaf Haraldsson the Quiet (King of Norway 1067–93) 64
Olaf Haraldsson the Saint (King of Norway 1014–30) 406, 408, 411–14, 418, 420
Olaf Hoskuldsson Peacock (son of Melkorka) 149, 289–90, 296–7, 302–17, 319–27, 331, 341–6, 354–6, 358–65, 369, 372–5, 377–8, 415, 422, 564
Olaf Ingjaldsson the White (see also Oleif Ingjaldsson the White) 276
Olaf Ingjaldsson Wood-carver (King in Varmland) 135, 438
Olaf Kvaran (Irish ‘Amhlaibh Cúarán’, King in Dublin, d. c. 981) 574–5
Olaf the Red (King of Scotland) 81–4, 86–9, 109
Olaf Thordarson (from Marbaeli) 422–3, 425
Olaf Thorsteinsson Feilan 49, 168, 279, 281–2, 286, 289, 505
Olaf Tryggvason (King of Norway 995–1000) 184, 346–8, 351–4, 356–7, 359–60, 362, 660–61, 667, 713, 716
Olafssons/Olaf’s sons (sons of Olaf Hoskuldsson Peacock) 331, 344, 355, 373, 375–6, 378–9, 387, 390–91, 408–10
Oleif Hjalti 49, 61–2
Oleif Ingjaldsson the White (see also Olaf Ingjaldsson the White) 653
Olof Erlingsdottir 59, 97
Olof Gudmundardottir 326
Olof Thorgilsdottir (from Vik) 606
Olof Thorsteinsdottir (the Red) 279
Olvald (farmer at Olvaldsstadir) 177–8
Olvir (one of Thorir Hroaldsson’s men) 66–70
Olvir Hump (son of Kari from Berle) 8, 9, 11–13, 15–17, 24, 26, 35–7, 39–42
Onund (at Mosfell) 566–7, 569, 585, 585, 592–3
Onund Anason Sjoni 47, 130, 136, 169, 174–8, 569
Onund from Medaldal 508, 512, 514, 526
Onund Thorgeirsson see Berg-Onund Thorgeirsson
Orlyg (father of Odd Orlygsson) 507
Orm (at Arnarstapi, foster-father of Gudrid Thorbjarnardottir) 655–7
Orm Erpsson 280
Orm Hermundarson (husband of Herdis Bolladottir) 420
Orm Hrossbjarnarson Broken-shell 189
Orm Jonsson (of Svinafell) 683
Orm Storolfsson the Strong 39
Orm Thorgilsson (from Vik) 606
Orm Thorgilsson 259
Orn (Norwegian skipper) 304–7, 311
Ornolf Armodsson 328, 386, 388–9, 391, 395, 398
Osk Thorsteinsdottir (daughter of Thorstein Surt) 285, 298–9
Osk Thorsteinsdottir (the Red) 280
Ospak Bollason 420
Ospak Glumsson 466–77, 494–5
Ospak Osvifsson (brother of Gudrun Osvifsdottir) 327, 368–9, 371, 374
Osvif Helgason the Wise (father of Gudrun Osvifsdottir) 165, 167, 327–8, 330, 335–6, 344, 355–6, 359, 362–3, 366, 375, 378, 382, 399–400, 568
Osvifssons/Osvif’s sons (sons of Osvif Helgason the Wise) 327, 334, 337, 356, 359, 362, 366, 368, 370–75
Ottar (at Grimstungur, father of Hallfred the Troublesome Poet) 214, 248–55, 264
Ottar (farmer at Krossar) 432–4
Ottar Bjarnarson (son of Bjorn Ketilsson the Easterner) 278, 327
Outlaw-Stein Thorarinsson (son of Thordis Thorsteinsdottir) 505, 508, 527–8, 530, 539
Ovaegi (Native American) 672
Ox-Thorir (father of Hrolf the Walker) 327, 654
Ozur Eyvindarson 150
Ozur Snout (father of Queen Gunnhild) 59, 78
Rafarta (daughter of Kjarval, King of the Irish) 276
Ragi Oleifsson (from Laugardal) 49
Ragnar Guttormsson 43
Ragnar Shaggy-breeches 81
Ragnheid Gellisdottir (daughter of Gellir Thorkelsson) 484
Ragnhild Eiriksdottir (Blood-axe) 109
Ragnhild Guttormsdottir 43
Rannveig (at Saudafell) 597 599–600
Rannveig (in Gisli Sursson’s Saga) 514
Rannveig Amundadottir 684
Rannveig Gnupsdottir (half-sister of Grim Svertingsson, mother of Skafti Thoroddson) 149, 567
Rannveig Thordardottir 64
Rannveig Thordardottir (Brynjolfsson) 64
Rannveig Thorgeirsdottir (wife of Bjarni Brodd-Helgason) 680
Raud (steward) 707–8
Raud from Fridarey (grandfather of Gisli Sursson) 501
Red-Bjorn (father of Thorkel Scarf) see Bjorn the Red
Ref (carpenter of Skeggi the Dueller) 502
Ref (farmer at Haug) 540–41
Ref Steinsson the Sly (see also Narfi and Sigtrygg) 597, 600–618, 622–5
Refkel (one of Ingimund Thorsteinsson’s men) 209
Reginleif Saemundardottir 204
Rognvald (Earl of More and Romsdal) 11, 202–3, 279
Rognvald (son of Eirik Blood-axe and Gunnhild) 102–3, 105–6
Runolf (father of Thorlak Runolfsson bishop) 651
Runolf Ketilsson (priest) 420
Runolf Ulfsson of Dal 353
Saemund (foster-brother of Ingimund Thorsteinsson) 200–204, 216–20, 225
Saeunn Skallagrimsdottir 51, 94
Salbjorg (daughter of Kari from Berle) 8
Sam Bjarnason (at Leikskalar) 439, 444–8, 450–56
Sarcastic Halli see Halli (Sarcastic Halli)
Scarf Bjarnarson (the Red) see Thorkel Red-Bjarnarson Scarf
Serk Brynjolfsson 64
Sighvat Brandsson 420
Sighvat Hallsteinsson 457
Sighvat Sturluson (son of Gudny Bodvarsdottir) 684
Sighvat Surtsson (Lawspeaker 1076–83) 276
Sighvat the Red 37
Sigmund at Sigmundarstadir 49
Sigmund Ketilsson 655
Signy (wife of Thorkel Silver) 256
Sigrid (at Hlid, mother of Gellir) 603
Sigrid (wife of Helgi at Skeid) 428–30, 434
Sigrid (wife of Thorstein the Black; see also Grimhild) 662–3
Sigrid Ormsdottir (daughter of Klakka-Orm) 259
Sigrid Sigurdardottir (wife of Thorolf Kveldulfsson) 15, 18, 35–7
Sigrid Thorgrimsdottir 683
Sigrid Tostadottir the Ambitious (wife of King Eirik the Victorious) 577
Sigtrygg (see also Ref Steinsson and Narfi) 623–4
Sigtrygg Silk-beard (996–1042, King of Ireland) 574–5, 583
Sigtrygg Travel-quick (from Hising) 29–30, 32–3, 45–6
Sigurd (Earl in Skarar, Sweden) 576
Sigurd (follower of King Harald Sigurdarson) 696, 704–7
Sigurd (landholder in Sandnes) 15–16, 18–19
> Sigurd (Norwegian, Vestein Vesteinsson’s partner) 508
Sigurd Bjartmarsson 504, 529
Sigurd Eysteinsson (Earl of the Orkney Islands) 54, 653
Sigurd Fafnisbani (legendary slayer of the serpent Fafnir) 696–7, 714
Sigurd Guttormsson 43
Sigurd Haraldsson (son of Harald Fair-hair, King of Trondheim) 102
Sigurd Hart 43
Sigurd Hlodvesson (Earl of the Orkney Islands 990–1014) 257, 279, 575, 589
Sigurd Sow (father of King Harald Sigurdarson) 688
Sigurhadd (in Viborg) 508
Sigvaldi Strut-Haraldsson 580
Skafti Thorarinsson the priest 183
Skafti Thoroddsson the Lawspeaker (Lawspeaker 1004–30) 149, 567, 578–9, 585
Skallagrim (Grim) Kveldulfsson 8, 12, 30, 33, 39–52, 54–6, 58, 60–5, 77–8, 94, 107–9, 119, 150, 169, 176, 184, 312, 561
Skeggi Brandsson 420
Skeggi of Breida 347
Skeggi of Midfjord 280, 282, 565
Skeggi the Dueller (at Saxo) 502–4
Skidi (at Skidastadir) 239–40
Skidi (father of Ofeig Skidason ) 465
Skorri (slave of Ketil Gufa) 149
Skorri Helgason (son of Helgi Hardbeinsson) 397
Skuli Thorsteinsson (Egilsson) 169, 184, 561, 570–72
Skum (freed slave) 268–9
Sleitu-Bjorn see Bjorn (Sleitu-Bjorn) Hroarsson
Smid Ingimundarson (son of Ingimund Thorsteinsson) 209, 230
Smid-Sturla Kjartansson 326
Snorri Alfsson (son of Alf of Dalir) 383
Snorri Hallsteinsson 457
Snorri Kalfsson (at Mel) 495
Snorri Sturluson (saga writer, son of Gudny Bodvarsdottir) 561, 684
Snorri Thorbrandsson (of Alftafjord; see also Thorbrand Snorrason) 664, 666, 669–71
Snorri Thordarson (father of Thorvald Snorrason) 326
Snorri Thordarson of Hofdi (father of Thord Snorrason Horse-head) 646
Snorri Thorfinnsson (son of Gudrid Thorbjarnardottir, first European born in America) 647, 651, 672, 674
Snorri Thorgrimsson the Godi (main character in The Saga of the People of Eyri) 282, 336–7, 372, 374, 382–3, 385–8, 390, 394, 399–410, 419–20, 484, 524, 556, 688
Sokkolf (a freed slave, settler in Sokkolfsdal) 280
Solmund (father of Gudmund Solmundarson) 150
Solmund Gudmundarson (father of Gyda, wife of Thorstein Ingimundarson) 230
Solveig (sister of Thorstein the Black) 378
Solveig the Fair (daughter of Earl Atli) 9
Solvi Chopper (son of King Hunthjof) 10–11
Starkad the Old (legendary hero) 712
Starri (Dueller-Starri) Eiriksson 267
Starri of Guddalir (friend of the Hjaltasons) 424–6
Stein (father of Ref the Sly) 597–8, 600
Stein (son of Thorhalla Chatterbox) 327, 370, 373
Stein Gudmundarson 326
Stein Refsson (son of Ref the Sly) 606, 609, 617, 619, 622, 624–5
Stein Vigfusson 684
Steinar Sjonason (son of Onund Anason Sjoni) 169–80, 569
Steingrim Gudmundarson 326
Steindor Olafsson see Steinthor Olafsson
Steinthor Groslappi (son of Thurid Asgeirsdottir) 377
Steinthor Olafsson (Peacock) 321, 355, 375, 377, 379, 381, 410
Steinthor Thorlaksson (at Eyri) 278, 410, 484, 561
Stigandi Kotkelsson 333, 336, 341–3
Storolf Haengsson 38
Stout-Helgi Thorsteinsson 684
Strut-Harald 580
Stuf Thordarson (poet) 337
Sturla Thordarson 326
Styr (Killer-Styr) Thorgrimsson 278, 318, 654
Styrkar Raudsson (foster-father of Ari Sursson) 501, 503
Styrmir (from Asgeirsa, a ‘Confederate’) 465, 473–4, 476–9, 482, 487–8, 490–91
Styrmir Hermundarson 420
Sumarlidi (father of Killer-Hrapp) 285
Sumarlidi Herjolfsson 39
Sumarlidi Hrappsson (son of Killer-Hrapp) 285, 298
Surt Ingolfsson (Thorsteinsson) 254, 264
Surt Thorsteinsson 276
Svala (at Svolustadir, wife of Ospak Glumsson) 469, 472–3, 494
Svart (assassin from the Hebrides) 251–3
Svart (slave of Ingjald of Hergilsey) 536–7, 539
Svart (slave of Ketil Gufa) 149
Svein (one of Eyjolf the Grey’s men) 554
Svein Alfsson (of Dalir) 391, 395, 397
Svein Brynjolfsson 64
Svein Hakonarson (King of Norway with Eirik, his brother, 1000–15) 570
Svein Haraldsson Fork-beard (King of Denmark 986–1014) 580
Svein of Lyrgja (landholder) 690–91
Svein Ulfsson (King of Denmark 1047–74) 624, 686, 717–22
Sverting (Earl) 276
Sverting (father of Grim Svertingsson) 149
Sverting Goat-Bjarnarson 582, 585–6
Sverting Runolfsson (of Dal) 353
Thangbrand Vilbaldusson (missionary) 352–3
Thengil Thorgilsson (from Vik) 606–9
Thidrandi Geitisson of Krossavik 404
Thjodhild Jorundardottir (mother of Leif Eiriksson the Lucky) 654, 660–61
Thjodolf the Short 327
Thjodolf Thorljotsson (poet) 694, 696–703, 710–12
Thjostar (father of Thorkel, Thormod and Thorgeir) 446
Thjostarssons 450, 454–5
Thora Gudmundardottir (wife of Orm Jonsson of Svinafell) 683
Thora Gudmundardottir (wife of Thorvald Gizurarson) 683
Thora Hroaldsdottir of the Embroidered Hand 52–6, 59, 96–7
Thora Olafsdottir (Feilan) 282, 505
Thora Raudsdottir (mother of Gisli Sursson) 501, 504
Thora Thorbergsdottir (wife of King Harald Sigurdarson) 694, 710–11
Thora Thorisdottir (sister of Arinbjorn) 120
Thora Thorsteinsdottir (Egilsson) 169
Thorarin (from the fjord of Oslo) 507
Thorarin (husband of Osk Thorsteinsdottir) 285, 298–9
Thorarin Bardarson (son of Bard Hoskuldsson) 318
Thorarin Brandsson 420
Thorarin in Langadal 400
Thorarin of Sunnudal 677–8, 681–3
Thorarin Oleifsson Ragi’s Brother (Lawspeaker 950–69) 49, 282
Thorarin Onundarson (brother of Hrafn) 566
Thorarin the Evil 267
Thorarin Thordarson Foal’s-brow 282
Thorarin Thorgilsson the Wise, Godi of Langadal (a ‘Confederate’) 469, 473, 476–9, 482, 487–8, 491
Thorarin Thorisson (son of Thorir Saeling, farmer at Tunga) 327, 363, 366–8, 370–71
Thorarin Thorkelsson (son of Helga the Fair) 594
Thorarna (sorceress) 40
Thorberg Arnason (father of Thora Thorbergsdottir) 694
Thorberg Olafsson (Peacock) 149
Thorbjorg Armodsdottir (second wife of Hrut Herjolfsson) 303
Thorbjorg Asgeirsdottir Pride of the Farm 237