Houlgate, Normandy, France 456
house-building technique 448 , 472
house-building traditions 520
housecarl(s) 16 , 25 , 456 , 649
Hovgården, Adelsö, Sweden 53 – 4
Howth, Orkney and Shetland 396
Howth, Co. Dublin, Ireland 429
Howthat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland 395
hrafn 396
Hrafnkels saga 317 – 8
hreppr (pl. -ar) 62 , 565 , 574
Hróald, jarl 404
Hróðný Þórðardóttir 43
Hrólfr Mostrarskegg 224
Hrólfs saga kraka 306 , 320
hross 397
hruna 392
Hudson Bay, Canada 613
Hudson Strait, Canada 613
Hudud al -Alam 532 , 558 , 561
hugr 13 , 241
hugstolinn 241
hull 170 – 2 , 174 , 176 , 584
human sacrifice 216 , 255 , 266
Humber, river, England 344 – 5 , 371 , 379
Humbies, (several places) Scotland 394
hund 62
Hundabrævið 26
hundare (OSw hundari) 62 – 3
hundred(s) 63
Hungarians 477 , 498 , 535
Hungary 621 , 667
Hunmanby, (several places) England 395
Hunnestad runic monument, Skåne, Sweden 331
hunting 32 , 34 – 7 , 91 , 152 , 187 , 207 , 443 – 4 , 446 ,
449 , 470 , 472 , 479 – 82 , 590 – 1 , 593 – 4 , 599 ,
605 , 613 – 14
hunting parks 444
-husa 62
Husaby/husaby 62
Husaby, Västergötland, Sweden 670
húskarl, see housecarl
Huseby, Tjølling, Vestfold, Norway 88 , 113 , 118
Huseby, Onsøy, Østfold, Norway 65
Hvalsey, Greenland 588 , 591 – 3
Hvamms-Sturla 311
Hylestad stave-church, Setesdal, Norway 333
hyllæ 65
Hyndluljo ̨ð 228
Hywel ap Cadell 402
ho ̨pt 213
Ho ̨rðaland, see Hordaland
ho ̨rðar 645
Ho ̨rgr/ho ̨rgr 65 , 78 , 223 , 251 , 565Iaropolk, prince, son of Sviatoslav 504
Iaroslav Vladimirovich, prince 509
Iberia 462 – 4 , 467 – 8
Ibiza, Spain 466
Ibn al-Athir 465
Ibn al-Faqih of Hamadhan 551 – 3
Ibn al-Nadim 559
Ibn al-Qutiyya 557 , 559
Ibn Dihya, Arab poet 464 , 561
Ibn Fadlan 215 , 253 , 259 , 261 , 264 , 266 – 7 ,
543 – 5 , 553 – 7 , 560
Ibn Hayyan 561
Ibn Hauqal (Hawqal) 532 , 553 , 555 , 558 – 9
Ibn Horradadbeh, Arab writer 543
Ibn Khurradadhbeh (Khurradadhbih), Abbasid
director of posts and intelligence 497 , 551 – 3
Ibn Miskaweih (Miskawaih) 267 , 545
Ibn Rusta(h) 267 , 532 , 552 – 3 , 558 , 560
Ibrahim ibn Ya-qub al-Turtushi 556 – 7 , 559
Iceland 4 , 25 , 27 , 34 , 40 – 5 , 49 , 60 , 162 – 3 , 166 ,
178 , 212 , 214 , 217 , 224 , 233 , 235 , 244 , 253 – 4 ,
258 , 276 , 278 – 80 , 293 – 4 , 296 , 301 , 304 – 21 ,
411 – 12 , 420 , 428 , 562 – 9 , 571 – 76 , 579 , 584 ,
588 , 590 , 593 , 598 – 601 , 605 , 607 , 610 – 11 ,
622 – 5 , 627 , 646 , 649 – 50 , 656
iconography 13 , 250 , 255 , 295 , 333 , 388 , 442 ,
639 , 643
idol(s) 240 , 250 , 253 , 505 , 509 , 544
Iðunn 227
Ifranja (Franks) 554
Igor (ON Ingi), Rus prince in Kiev 501 – 2 , 509
Ikigaat (ON Herjólfsnes), Greenland 594
Île de Bièce, Brittany, France 459
Île de Groix, Brittany, France 265 , 460
l’Île Lavret, Brittany, France 460
Il’men, lake, Russia 497
Ímar (Ívarr) 429
Ímar, grandson of Ímar (king of Dublin) 431
Imbare ̇, Lithuania 489–– Index––