Borg, Lofoten, Norway 12 , 16 , 67 , 70 , 250
Borgarfjörður, Iceland 312
Borgeby, Skåne, Sweden 148 , 662
Boris, Bulgarian tsar 503
Bornish, South Uist, Hebrides 415
Bósa saga 319
Bornholm, Denmark 12 , 17 , 163 , 285 , 449 – 50 ,
652
Borr 214
Borre, Vestfold, Norway 17 – 18 , 326 , 330
Borre animal 326 – 8
Borre style 145 , 325 – 8 , 330 , 371 , 388 , 525 , 528 – 9
Borrostoun, Caithness, Scotland 398
Bosporos 501 , 508
Bothnic ski 480
Botnhamn, Troms, Norway 206
Bottarve, Gotland, Sweden 134
Bousd, Coll, Hebrides 398
Bousta, Orkney and Shetland 397
bow(s) 34 , 36 , 179 , 182 , 204 , 206 , 482 , 535
Bowthorpe, Norfolk, England 393
Boyne, river in Leinster, Ireland 429 , 436
Braaid, Isle of Man 388 – 9
bracelets 35 , 189 , 519 , 528 , 532 , 581
Bradan Relice 404
Bragi 221
Brakanepheit, Dumfriesshire, Scotland 395
bracteates 14
brass 152 , 406 , 547
brass bars 152
Brattahlið, Greenland 566 – 7
Bravost, Isle of Man 398
breast pins 491
Brega, kingdom, Ireland 431
Breiðafjo ̨rðr, Iceland 564 , 566
Brenhinoedd y Saeson 358 , 363 , 401
Bressay, Shetland 396
Bretland (Great Britain) 401
Bretto, Shetland 396
Brian Bóruma 361
briberey 164
brick weaving 188
Bricquebec, Normandy, France 456
bridge(s) 77 , 105 , 198 , 261 , 266 , 278 , 332 , 380 ,
392 , 625 , 629 , 634 – 5 , 660 – 2
bridle (mounts) 79 , 323 , 385 , 447 , 521
Bristol, England 403 – 4
broadsword(s) 509
Brompton, Yorkshire, England 370 , 395
Brísingamen 237
Brittany, France 3 , 265 , 350 , 352 , 361 , 407 ,
458 – 60 , 463
Broa, Gotland, Sweden 323
Brókar-Auðr 47
bronze 36 , 79 , 81 , 89 – 90 , 92 , 96 – 7 , 105 , 115 ,
127 , 133 , 135 , 146 , 154 , 181 , 187 , 189 – 90 ,
251 – 4 , 268 , 323 , 326 , 335 – 6 , 441 , 444 , 448 ,
471 , 473 , 479 , 520 – 1 , 523 , 525 , 528 – 9 , 535 ,
546 – 7 , 583 – 4 , 613 , 615 – 6 , 642 , 658 – 9
bronze casting 127 , 154
bronze cauldron 268
bronze forgers 190
bronze smith 335
bronze vessel(s) 189 , 546 , 613 , 615 – 6
brooch(es) 14 , 35 , 77 – 8 , 81 , 90 , 114 , 132 – 3 , 146 ,
181 – 3 , 189 , 255 , 324 , 328 , 330 – 1 , 335 – 6 , 371 ,
382 , 386 , 441 , 445 , 448 , 474 – 5 , 477 – 8 , 490 ,
520 , 522 , 525 , 528 , 530
Brough of Birsay, Orkney 415 , 418 – 9 , 422
Brunanburh, Northumberland, England 344
brunnr 393
Bruno of Querfurt, missionary bishop and saint
508
Brut y Tywysogyon 401
Brws (Prussians) 558
Bryggen, Bergen, Norway 293
bryggestein 123
Bryli, Belarus 520
bryti 52 – 55
-bster, Orkney 397
bucket(s) 386 , 521
buckle(s) 189 , 254 , 335 , 386 , 490 , 521
Buckquoy, Orkney 418 , 421 – 2
Bukhara, Samanid emirate, Uzbekistan 546 , 553 ,
560
Bulgar, capital of the Volga Bulgars 523 , 533 , 544 ,
547
Bulgaria 529 , 534
Bulgarians 503 , 505 , 508 – 9
Bulgars 162 , 508 , 532 , 535 , 543 – 5 , 547 , 554 – 555
bullion economy 91 , 371 , 405 – 7
bullion silver 368 , 405
Buntus sea (Caspian Sea) 532
burhs 152 , 199 , 372 , 376–– Index––