Jelling, Jutland, Denmark 147 , 261 , 263 , 269 ,
276 , 328 – 31 , 625 , 629 , 652 , 657 – 62 , 666
Jelling runestone 276 – 7 , 330 – 2 , 629 – 30 , 643 , 656
Jelling(e) style 146 , 205 , 328 – 31 , 388 , 523 , 525 ,
528 – 9
Jersika, hill fort, Latvia 489
jetty 96 , 103
jeweller(s) 15 , 189 , 191
jewellery 13 , 15 – 16 , 62 , 79 , 81 , 97 – 8 , 115 , 133 – 4 ,
159 , 163 , 189 , 245 , 260 , 268 , 323 – 4 , 370 – 1 ,
382 , 449 , 470 – 3 , 476 , 517 – 20 , 523 , 525 ,– 6 ,
528 , 535 , 581 , 639 – 40 , 642 , 656
Johan Sverkersson (r. 1219 – 22 ), Swedish king 671
Johannishus gold hoard, Hjortsberga, Blekinge,
Sweden 335
John of Worcester 667
John I Tzimiskes, Byzantine emperor 504
Jómsborg 401
Jómsvíkinga saga 401
Jón Loptsson (Loftsson) 46 , 311 , 576
Jón Snorrason 312
Jónsbók 575
Jordanes 23 – 4 , 58
Jørlunde, Sjælland, Denmark 16
Jorvik (ON Jórvík) 379 , 382
*Jostra 58
Junkarinsfløttur, Sandur, Faroes 584 – 5
Jurby, Isle of Man 395
Justinian 50
Justinian plague 471
Jutland, Denmark 65 , 68 , 70 – 2 , 127 , 150 , 171 ,
254 , 262 , 276 , 285 , 328 – 9 , 439 – 41 , 443 – 8 ,
455 , 561 , 625 , 640 , 652 , 654 – 6 , 660 , 662
Jo ̨tunheimar 227 – 8
jo ̨tunn (pl. jo ̨tnar) 213
kagan (cf. Khaqan and Haqan), the Khazar ruler
496 , 499 , 501 , 532 , 553 , 556 – 8
Kainuu, Finland 472
Kaleva 471
Kaliningrad 517 , 519
Källunge weather-vane, Gotland, Sweden 332
Kalmargård, Denmark 16
Kälvesten runestone, Östergötland, Sweden 276 – 7
Kama, river, Russia 523 , 553
Kammin casket 147
Kanhave canal, Samsø, Denmark 655
Kap Farvel, Greenland 590 – 1
Karjaa, Uusimaa, Finland 471
Karelia, province, Finland 471 – 2 , 481
karl 54 , 62
Karlamagnús saga 319
Karl Hundason 296
Karl Sverkersson (r. c. 1161 – 7 ), Swedish king 671
karlaby/Kar(le)by 62
Karleby, Västergötland, Sweden 641
Karlevi runestone, Öland, Sweden 286
Kattegat 645
kaupangr, køpunger, købing 115
Kaupang, Vestfold, Norway 1 , 16 , 61 , 81 , 84 – 5 ,
87 – 90 , 112 – 20 , 127 , 151 – 2 , 167 , 176 , 189 – 90 ,
263 , 267 , 531 , 642 , 654
ked(s) 600
keel 171 – 5 , 267 – 8 , 456
keelson 172 – 4
Kekaumenos, Byzantine author 510
Kelston, Flintshire, Wales 404
kennings (ON kenningar) 232 , 313
Kent, England 342 – 3
Kerry, Ireland 428
Kerch, Ukraine 520 , 529
Kettleshulme, Cheshire, England 393
Kettlester, Shetland 397
key(s) 81 , 369 – 70 , 441 , 642 – 3
Khaqan, see kagan
Khazaria 146 , 503 , 505 , 551 , 556 – 7 , 559
Khazars (Chazars) 96 , 496 – 505 , 532 , 554 – 5
Khortitsa, island, Ukraine 528
Khorasan (Khurasan), Iran 547 , 555
Kiev (Kyiv; Kwyaba), Ukraine 4 , 132 , 183 ,
498 – 53 , 505 , 508 – 10 , 520 , 526 , 528 , 531 – 5 ,
547 , 553 , 555 – 6 , 558
Kildare, Ireland 431
King Arthur 304
kinship 40 , 42 , 481
kinship structure 42 , 44
Kirby 391
Kirjalax saga 319
Kirk Andreas, Isle of Man 333
Kirk Braddan, Isle of Man 331 , 388
Kirk Michael, Isle of Man 385
Kirkby 391
Kirkdale, Yorkshire, England 371
Kivitten 519–– Index––