seafaring 89 , 170 – 91 , 193 , 197 , 398 , 670
seal(s) 35 , 37 , 215 , 481 , 497 , 588 – 91 , 599 , 614
seamanship 170
Sebbersund, Jutland, Denmark 87 , 135 – 9
Sednev, Ukraine 526
Second Viking Age 360 , 402 , 431
see 85
Seeburg (probably Grobin ̧a), see Grobin ̧a
Segodunon 140
Seim, river, Ukraine 526
Seine, river 453 , 459
seiðr 36 , 220 , 244 – 8
Sejrø coin hoard, Sjælland, Denmark 329
Sels (Selonians), Latvia/Lithuania 489
Semgals, Lithuania/Latvia 489
semsveinar 32
sendingar 241
servant 54
seta 52
-setr 397 – 8
settlement names 57
settlement of dispute(s) 571 , 573
Sevastopol’, Ukraine 520
Seville, Spain 464 – 7 , 545 , 552 , 557
sewn boats 170
sexual politics 41
sexuality 247
Seyðabrævið 582
shaman 36 , 220 , 254 , 558
shamanism 2 , 32 , 36 , 247 – 8 , 256
Shannon, river, Ireland 429 , 436
shapeshifter(s) 241 , 248
sheep 35 , 55 , 183 – 4 , 188 , 394 , 428 , 572 , 582 ,
584 , 590 , 592 , 598 – 600
Shestovitsa, Ukraine 498 , 500 , 525 – 6 , 531
Shetland 4 , 178 , 279 , 395 – 8 , 411 – 2 , 415 , 418 ,
564 , 579 , 623 , 625
shibboleths 276
shield(s) 204 , 207 , 242 , 255 , 268 , 369 , 460 , 508 ,
517 , 532
shield-boss(es) 523 , 460
shield-mounts 385
shield-shaped amulets 642
shield-shaped pendants 255
shield-wall 197 , 247 , 509
shieling(s) 389 , 397 , 580
ship building 134 , 170 – 9 , 449
ship-burial(s) 12 , 181 , 188 , 207 , 264 – 7 , 270 , 324 ,
326 , 460 , 554 , 565
ship setting(s) 121 , 217 , 261 , 326 , 658
shoes 188 , 262 , 382 , 545
shore displacement 96
short-twig runes 282
shrine(s) 217 , 224 , 369 – 70 , 403 , 428 , 505
Siberia 247
side rudder 172 , 179
siðr 235 , 249
siege warfare 204 , 553
sig 140
Siglufjo ̨rðr, Eastern Settlement, Greenland 567
Sigrdrífumál 216 , 302
Sigtuna, Sweden 1 , 85 , 98 , 106 , 140 – 3 , 159 ,
164 , 166 – 7 , 250 , 442 , 510 , 627 , 662 , 667 ,
670 – 1
Sigtuna coinage 98 , 106
Sigurðardrápa 224
Sigurðr, jarl of Orkney 422
Sigurðr Fáfnisbani (the Volsung) 265 , 301 , 306 ,
326 , 332 – 3 , 388
Sigurðr Hlaðajarl 224
Sigurðr i Magnússon Jórsalafari (r. 1103 – 30 ),
Norwegian king 649
Sigurðr Slembidjákn 37
Sigvardr, bishop 627
Sigvatr Þorðarson 215
sijte 32
Silistra, Bulgaria 504
Siljan, lake, Sweden 58
silk 98 , 181 – 2 , 184 , 188 , 382 , 500 , 504 , 506 , 510 ,
532 , 545 , 547
Silk Road 182
silver 14 – 15 , 35 , 77 , 79 , 81 , 86 , 91 – 2 , 98 , 105 ,
115 , 123 , 128 , 133 , 135 , 146 – 7 , 150 – 2 ,
159 – 67 , 181 – 3 , 188 – 9 , 195 , 204 – 6 , 245 , 252 ,
254 , 263 , 270 , 327 – 9 , 335 , 342 , 368 – 9 , 382 ,
386 , 405 – 7 , 416 , 437 , 446 – 9 , 471 – 7 , 485 ,
488 – 91 , 493 , 496 , 500 , 502 , 504 – 5 , 509 , 519 ,
525 , 545 , 547 , 556 , 582 – 4 , 642 , 656 – 7
silver bracelets 519
silver coins 35 , 91 , 133 , 150 – 1 , 164 , 471 , 473 , 476 ,
485 , 489 , 490 , 496 , 502 , 509 , 545 , 582
silver cup/bowl 328 , 335
silver hoard(s) 35 , 98 , 164 – 5 , 189 , 342 , 368 , 405 ,
416 , 449 , 471 – 3 , 477 , 485 , 488 , 491 , 493 , 545–– Index––