Mistivioj, Obodrite ruler 656
Mjo ̨lnir 221 , 232 , 237
Mjøsa, lake, Norway 58
mobile monarchy 82 , 140
Momri, Monmouthshire, Wales 404
Môn, Angelsey, Wales 404
monastery (-ies) 5 , 72 , 86 , 90 , 139 , 143 , 193 – 4 ,
198 , 204 , 311 , 371 , 402 , 404 – 6 , 418 , 428 – 9 ,
458 – 9 , 466 , 525 , 534 – 6 , 671 , 673
moneyer(s) 143 , 163 , 167 , 377
monetary economy 160 – 2 , 164 , 593
monophthongisation 276 – 7
moose, see elk
Möre, Småland, Sweden 63 , 669
Møre, Norway 330 , 412 , 625 , 629 , 645
mœrir 645
Morgannwg, Welsh kingdom 403
Morgeneu, bishop of St David’s monastery 402
Morkinskinna 306
morrovat, group of Rus’ warriors 532
mortar 137 – 9 , 187 , 386
mould(s) 81 , 97 , 146 , 189 , 324 , 335 , 473 , 521 ,
526 , 599
moulding 189 – 91
mound (burial mound) 17 , 24 , 94 , 97 , 113 – 4 ,
121 , 123 , 181 , 259 – 67 , 269 , 328 – 9 , 331 ,
369 – 70 , 385 , 387 , 398 , 472 , 478 , 488 , 490 ,
518 , 523 , 525 – 6 , 530 , 564 , 565 , 634 , 640 ,
657 – 60
Mount al-Qabq (the Caucasus) 559
mounted infantry (warriors) 197 , 444 , 447 , 504 ,
673
mounting(s) 146 – 7 , 479
Muhammad i, emir 465 , 467
Muhammad ibn Sulayman 553
Muirchertach mac Néill, king of the northern Uí
Néill 432
multi-functional house(s) 67
multi-functional centre(s) 145
Munster, Ireland 432
Murcia, Spain 466
Murkle, Caithness, Scotland 397
Muschelgrus-pottery 441
Múspell 214
mutton 369 , 566
Myrby, Sweden 58
Myrvälde, Gotland, Sweden 152
Mysselhøjgård, Lejre, Sjælland, Denmark 122 – 3
myth(s) 2 , 12 , 15 , 18 , 36 , 41 , 50 , 212 – 5 , 217 ,
219 – 21 , 227 – 33 , 235 – 42 , 249 , 256 , 291 ,
293 – 4 , 305 , 308 – 9 , 312 – 13 , 317 – 19 , 326 , 442 ,
448 , 466 , 599
mythological poems 244 , 295
mythological system(s) 15 , 231
mythology 79 , 81 , 213 – 4 , 227 – 30 , 231 – 3 , 235 – 7 ,
240 , 242 , 255 , 265 , 294 , 326 , 565
mo ̨rnir 240Nadodd 599
Nafferton, Yorkshire, England 393
nails 134 , 138 – 9 , 171 , 188 , 501
Nantes, France 459
Narva, river, Estonia/Russia 485
narwhal (tusks) 590 – 1 , 599
navigation 174 , 178 – 9 , 455 , 590
necklace(s) 35 – 6 , 147 , 386 , 476 , 548
neck ring 77 , 254 , 503
needles 183 – 4 , 186 , 188 , 386
Nekor, Morocco 466
Nero, lake, Russia 523
nes 397
Nesbister, Shetland 397
nestle 181
Neva, river, Russia 478
New Brunswick, Canada 569 , 604 , 608 ,
610 – 11
Newfoundland 162 , 563 , 567 – 8 , 598 , 604 , 606 ,
610 – 11
Niall Caille, king of Tara and northern Uí Néill
430
Niærþer 63
Nibe, Jutland, Denmark 135
Ni(e)belungenlied 320 , 442
nið 237
Nidarnes (Trondheim), Norway 164
Niðarós (Nidaros, Trondheim) 575 – 6 , 627
Nidelva, Norway 58
Níflheimr 214
Nîmes, France 466
Nipaitsoq, Western Settlement, Greenland 600
Nithard, bishop 624
Njáls saga (Njála) 261 , 264 , 306 , 309 , 316 , 471 ,
624
Njo ̨rðr 63 , 221–– Index––