INDEX
Old-norse letters: Þ, þ is a voiceless th, pronounced as in thing. Ð, ð is a voiced dh, pronounced as in
these. O ̨, o ̨ is a vowel derived from u-mutation (u-Umlaut; vowel fronting) of an a (e.g. vo ̨r f. < waru-), probably
pronounced as // in Old Icelandic (in modern Icelandic developed to /œ/, spelt ö).
Spelling: In this volume several different spellings are to be found (mainly English, Old Norse, Icelandic,
Norwegian, Swedish, Danish forms) for rulers and places, such as Sven, Svein, Sveinn, Sweyn; Eric, Erik,
Eirik, Eiríkr; Knútr, Cnut, Knut, Canute; Haithabu, Hedeby; Scania, Skåne; Jutland, Jylland; Zealand,
Sjælland; Borgarfjo ̨rðr, Borgarfjörður etc.
Alphabet: The index is alphabetised accordingly: a/å/ä/æ/á, b, c, d (ð=dh), e/é, f, g, h, i/í, j, k, l, m, n, o/ö/ø/ó,
o ̨/o ́ ̨, p, q, r, s, t (þ=th), u/ú, v, w, x, y/ý, z.
Note: The frequently occurring geographical entities, England, Sweden, Denmark and Norway, are not in
the Index. (Page numbers where the main discussion of a word or a name is found are italicized.)
13 C analysis 266 , 590 , 595
á ‘river’ 217
Aarhus, Denmark 85 , 152 , 626 – 7 , 656
Abbas, one of the prophet Muhammad’s uncles
462
Abbasid caliphate 153 , 162 , 462 – 4 , 467 , 496 – 7
Abbasid coins 146 , 162 , 165
Abbasid dirham(s) 165 , 584
Abbasid silver 496
Abd al-Malik, caliph 162
Abd al-Rahman 463
Abd al-Rahman ii, emir 464 , 467 , 557 , 561
Abd al-Rahman iii, emir 467 , 559
Abu Dulaf al-Khazraji 553
Abu Hamid 544
Abu Zayd al-Balkhi, philosopher 555
Åbyn, Hamrånge, Gästrikland, Sweden 547
á cire perdue technique 473
Adalberth, archbishop in Hamburg–Bremen 627
Adalbert of Trier, chronicler 502 – 3
Adaldag of Bremen, bishop 624
Adalvard the younger, bishop 143
Adam of Bremen 32 , 126 , 143 , 216 – 7 , 219 – 20 ,
225 , 250 – 1 , 253 , 255 , 302 , 510 , 622 , 626 ,
670 – 2
Adelsö, Lake Mälaren, Sweden 53 , 87 , 94 , 141 ,
673
administrative centre(s) 84 , 124 , 372 , 406 , 470 ,
489
administrative district(s) 62 , 375 , 650
aDNA 266
Adventure Tales 319 – 21
Adwick-le-Street, Yorkshire, England 370
Afghanistan 558
Agder, Norway 279 , 645
Aggersborg, Denmark 661 – 2