quernstone(s) 150 , 187 , 382 , 441
Quettehou, Normandy, France 456
quiver(s) 207
Quoygrew, Orkney 415 – 16
Quran 546
Rådmansö, island, Sweden 58
Ragnars saga loðbrókar 319
Ragnaro ̨k 213 – 5 , 220 , 233 , 238 , 249 , 370 ,
642 – 3
Ragnall, king of Northumbria 431 – 2
Ragnvaldr at Polotsk, Rus prince 504
Ragnheiðr Þórhallsdóttir 46
raid(s), raiding 1 , 5 – 6 , 84 , 97 , 150 – 1 , 159 , 164 ,
193 – 9 , 296 , 341 – 2 , 346 , 357 , 358 , 361 , 368 ,
371 – 2 , 377 , 385 , 391 , 401 – 2 , 405 – 8 , 411 ,
419 – 20 , 428 – 9 , 431 , 445 , 447 , 458 – 60 , 462 – 8 ,
478 , 489 , 491 – 2 , 497 – 9 , 545 , 556 – 7 , 559 , 561 ,
655
Raisby, Co. Durham, England 394
Rällinge, Södermanland, Sweden 253
Ramiro i, king of the Asturias, Spain 463
Ramnageo, Shetland 396
rampart(s) 94 , 97 , 101 , 103 – 5 , 107 – 8 , 382 , 437 ,
459 , 508 , 661 – 2
Ramsey, Isle of Man 398
Ramsey, Pembrokeshire, Wales 404
Ramsundet, Jäder, Södermanland, Sweden 320 ,
332
ranii 23 – 4 , 58
Ranríki 23 – 4
ransom(ing) 54 , 194 , 466 – 7
Raoul, king in Normandy 453
raumariciae 23 , 58
raven(s) 254 , 396
Raven-Flóki 567
Raventhorpe, Lincolnshire, England 392
Ravning Enge, Jutland, Denmark 660
Reay, Caithness, Scotland 397
red deer 188 , 420 – 1 , 444
Red Sea 382
Red Wharf Bay silver arm-rings 405 , 407
redistributive economy 34 , 159 , 593
reeve 342
refr (räv, rev) 37
regalia 62 , 228
regin 213
Regin 332
Reginsmál 300
regulated villages 70 , 72
reindeer 34 – 7 , 188 , 599
reindeer antler 420 – 1
Rekaþáttr 27
rekkr, *rinker 54 , 62
Repton, Derbyshire, England 197 – 8 , 262 , 369 ,
437
resurrection egg 132
retainer culture 530
Reykdæla saga 317 – 8
Reykholt, Iceland 40 , 43 , 47 , 312 – 14
Reykjahólar, Iceland 307
Rhine, river 150 , 153 , 171 , 440 , 460
Rhineland 98 , 382 , 521
Rhodri Mawr 401
Rhône, river, France 466
rí (OIr. ríg) 50
Ribblehead, Cumbria, England 371
Ribe, Jutland, Denmark 1 , 16 , 81 , 84 – 5 , 87 – 90 ,
97 , 118 , 126 – 9 , 132 , 150 – 1 , 155 , 159 , 164 ,
167 , 189 , 254 , 440 , 497 , 531 , 623 – 4 , 626 – 7 ,
656
Ribe Å, Jutland, Denmark 126 , 129
Richard i, count of Normandy 457
Richard ii, duke of Normandy 455 , 457
Rickeby, Sweden 62
Rickerby, (several places) England 394
Ridanäs, Gotland, Sweden 131
riddarasögur 304
rí Dubgall, see Ragnall
riður 242
riding equipment 128 , 382 , 447 , 521 , 525
Rígr 50 , 51
Rígsþula 50 – 1 , 182
ríki 60 , 573 , 645
rikssamling, see state formation
Rimbert, Archbishop in Hamburg–Bremen 95 ,
176 – 7 , 488 , 492 , 532 , 622 , 624 , 626
rímur 320
rinc 62
ring(s) 14 , 26 , 28 – 9 , 146 , 163 , 207 , 227 – 8 , 237 ,
245 , 250 – 1 , 253 , 254 – 5 , 261 , 281 , 326 , 328 ,
405 , 407 , 416 , 503 , 521 , 532 – 3 , 545 , 547 , 583 ,
643
ringed pin(s) 369 , 521 , 568 , 581–– Index––