law(s) 3 , 16 , 24 – 9 , 36 , 49 – 50 , 52 – 3 , 86 , 88 , 141 ,
155 , 163 – 4 , 199 , 207 , 216 , 235 , 244 , 257 ,
375 – 6 , 455 , 499 , 533 – 4 , 544 , 556 , 563 , 565 ,
573 , 576 , 624 – 5 , 649 – 50 , 655 , 657 , 668 , 673
Law Council, see lo ̨grétta
‘Law of Óðinn’ 164 , 257
lawman/lawmen 25 – 6 , 50 , 224 , 670
Lawspeaker, see lo ̨gso ̨gumaðr
Laxdœla saga 41 , 46 – 47 , 317
Laxo, Orkney and Shetland 396
Laxvoe, Orkney and Shetland 396
lead 81 , 115 , 143 , 368 , 382
lead weights 92 , 406 , 437 , 547 , 584
leather 205 , 207 , 268 , 380 , 532 , 584
leather craft 188 , 382
legal custom(s) 1 , 24
Leges Barbarorum 24
Leicester, England 372
leiðangr/leþunger/lething (leidang, ledung, leding)
63 , 171 , 199 , 207 , 456 , 672
Leifr Eiríksson the Lucky 564 , 566 , 568 , 605 – 6 ,
609 – 10
Leifsbúðir, Vinland 604 – 7 , 611
Leinster, kingdom, Ireland 431 – 2
Leiraback, Orkney and Shetland 396
Leixlip, Ireland 398
Lejre, Sjælland, Denmark 1 , 16 – 17 , 70 , 86 , 121 – 4 ,
190 , 216 , 266 , 662
Lejre Å, Sjælland, Denmark 121
lendr maðr (lendmenn) 312 , 648 – 50
Leo vi, Byzantine emperor 499
Leo the Deacon, Byzantine historian and chronicler
504
Leodest, Isle of Man 398
Leofdag, bishop 126
León, Spain 465
Lerwick, Shetland 396
-lev/-löv 58 , 60
levy system 197
Lewis, Hebrides 279 , 397 – 8 , 564
Lex Ribuaria 26
Lex Salica 24
Liber de mensura orbis terrae 428
liberi homines 377
lice (louse) 563 , 600
líð 6
Líf 214
Liffey, river, Ireland 429 , 435
Lífþrasir 214
Lilla Valla, Rute, Gotland, Sweden 335 – 6
Lilla Valla silver bowl 335
Limerick, Ireland 432 , 434
Limfjord, Jutland, Denmark 135 , 662
Linacre, Flintshire, Wales 404
Lincoln, England 166 , 372 , 377 , 506
Lindanes (Tallin), Estonia 478
Lindby, Skåne, Sweden 254
Lindebeuf, Normandy, France 456
Lindholm Høje, Jutland, Denmark 262
Lindesnes, Norway 645
Lindisfarne, Northumberland, England 5 , 164 ,
194 , 342 , 463
Lindau book cover 445
linen 36 , 181 , 188 , 532
Linköping, Östergötland, Sweden 679
Linn Duchail, Annagassan, Co. Louth, Ireland
436 – 7
Linshader, Lewis, Hebrides 398
Lisbjerg, Jutland, Denmark 337 , 640
Lisbjerg altar 337
Lisbon, Portugal 463 , 465 , 467
Liskove, Ukraine 526
Litelsweit, Dumfriesshire, Scotland 395
literacy 5 , 285 , 293 , 295 – 6 , 315 , 360 , 509 , 563 ,
621 , 673
Lithuania 488 – 89 , 492 , 517 , 621
Little Ice Age 595
Liudprand of Cremona, Lombard bishop and
historian 501
liuðréttr 28
liung/lyng 24
Livs, Latvia 488 – 91
ljóðaháttr 291 , 293 , 301 – 2
Ljusnan, river, Sweden 58
Llanbadarn Fawr, monastery, Ceredigion, Wales
402
Llanbedrgoch, Anglesey, Wales 406 – 8
Llancarfan, monastery, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
402 – 3
Llantwit Major, monastery, Vale of Glamorgan,
Wales 402
llys 406
Lochlann (‘Scandinavia’?) 356
Lödde Å, Skåne, Sweden 148–– Index––