Noirmoutier, island and monastery, Brittany,
France 458 , 463
Nominoë, ruler of Brittany 458
Nonnebakken, Fyn, Denmark 662
Norbonne, France 466
Nordmanni (Nortmanni, Normanni) 354 , 356
Norðrsetr, Greenland 613 – 14
Nore, river, Ireland 436
Norman conquest 346 , 355 , 402 – 3
Normandy 3 , 194 , 278 , 347 , 403 , 441 , 453 – 7 ,
459 , 665
Norn 396 , 398 , 411
Norna-Gests þáttr 238 , 300
norns (ON nornir) 238
Nørre Snede, Jutland, Denmark 16
Norrala, Hälsingland, Sweden 64
norrœnn 61
North Cape, Norway 472
Northumbria, England 342 – 5 , 358 , 371 , 376 ,
379 , 431 – 2 , 665 – 6
Northumberland, England 5 , 647
Norwege 357
Norwich, Norfolk, England 6 , 377
Nottingham, England 372
Nottinghamshire, England 377
Novgorod, Russia 421 , 501 , 504 – 5 , 509 – 10 , 520 ,
522 , 530 – 1 , 534 , 666 – 7
Novosëlki, Russia 520
Nuuk, Greenland 588
Nuussuaq, Greenland 614
Nydam vessels 171 , 174
Nysätra, Gotland, Sweden 547
ö, ø, see ey
oars 171 – 2 , 174 – 6 , 479
oath(s) 7 , 54 , 673
Obodrites 652 , 656
Ockelbo, Gästrikland, Sweden 61 – 2
Odainsvellir (the Plains of the Undead) 566
Odd(a)verjar 43 , 576
Oddi, Iceland 43 – 4 , 311
Oddsta, Shetland 397
Odensala, Jämtland, Sweden 65
Odense, Denmark 63
Odensvi, Sweden 253
Oden, Odin, see Óðinn
Ödeshög, Östergötland, Sweden 328
Óðinn 12 , 14 , 63 , 65 , 97 , 147 , 164 , 209 , 214 ,
219 – 21 , 227 – 9 , 231 , 236 – 8 , 240 – 2 , 245 – 8 ,
250 , 254 – 7 , 309 , 369 , 477 , 643
offering(s) 77 , 79 , 208 , 216 , 240 , 259 , 262 , 313 ,
368 – 9 , 640
Oghuz Turks 559
oil lamp(s) 547
Oka, river, Russia 524
Okholm, Jutland, Denmark 126
*Okle, Gästrikland, Sweden 62
Oklunda, Östergötland, Sweden 65 , 217
Óláfr, king of York 345
Óláfr Haraldsson (the Saint) (r. 1015 – 28 ),
Norwegian king 159 , 163 , 194 , 309 , 357 , 467 ,
510 , 623 , 625 , 627 , 647 – 8 , 665 – 7
Óláfr Haraldsson kyrri (r. 1067 – 93 ), Norwegian
king 162 , 164 , 648
Óláfr Sigtryggsson, ruler of Angelsey and Gwynedd
402 , 408
Óláfr Sigtryggsson kváran (Amlaíb Cuarán), king of
York and Dublin 432
Óláfr Tryggvason (r. 995 – 1000 ), Norwegian king
159 , 162 , 194 , 309 , 346 , 564 , 623 – 4 , 647 – 8 ,
666
Óláfr hvítaskáld 46
Óláfs saga helga 306 , 313 , 471 , 624
Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta 624
Olaf the Saint, see Óláfr Haraldsson
Öland, Sweden 68 , 70 , 72 – 3 , 163 , 187 , 254 , 256 ,
258 , 260 , 268 , 285 , 492 , 531 , 545 , 631 , 635 ,
641 – 2 , 669
Ólchobar mac Cináeda, king of Munster 430
Old Irish poetry 565
Old Ladoga, see Staraya Ladoga
Old Lejre, Sjælland, Denmark 17 , 70 , 82 , 121 – 4
Old Scatness, Shetland 418 – 9 , 422
Old Uppsala, see Gamla Uppsala
Olga, see Helga
Olof, king in Birka 624
Olof Celcius 27
Olof Skötkonung (Skotkonung) (r. 995 – 1022 ),
Swedish king 143 , 159 , 162 , 510 , 665 , 667 , 670
Olsha, river, Russia 526
O ̨lvir 223
Omgård, Jutland, Denmark 445
one-aisled house 67 – 9
Onega, lake, Russia 478–– Index––