silver-plating 189
silver thread 181 – 3
Simy Folds, Co. Durham, England 371
Sirius 543
Sisnando, bishop of Santiago de Compostela 467
Sitric, son of Ímar 431
Sitric Caech 431 – 2
Siverskyj Dinets, Ukraine 520
Sjælland, Denmark 16 – 17 , 68 , 70 , 77 , 121 , 146 ,
148 , 175 , 216 – 17 , 254 – 5 , 335 , 652 , 654 – 5 ,
662
sjór 217
Skaði 36 , 228
Skagerrak 645
skæið 217
Skaill, Orkney 331 , 418
Skaill Deerness, Orkney 415 , 418
Skaill hoard 331
skald(s) (ON skáld) 46 , 228 , 295 , 306 – 7 , 317 , 648
skaldic (scaldic) poetry 2 , 17 , 140 , 214 – 15 , 219 ,
224 , 232 , 242 , 244 , 293 , 295 – 6 , 305 – 6 , 309 ,
318 , 341 , 412 , 565 , 645
Skáldskaparmál 215 , 236 , 313
Skálholt, bishop’s seat, Iceland 575 – 6 , 593
Skálholt Book 605
skáli 397
Skallagrímr 564
Skåne, Sweden 6 , 12 , 14 , 16 , 70 , 146 , 148 , 166 ,
176 , 249 – 50 , 252 , 254 , 285 , 331 , 449 – 50 , 455 ,
631 , 652 , 654 – 5 , 662 , 666
Skänninge, Östergötland, Sweden 673
Skara, Västergötland, Sweden 26 , 627 , 667 ,
670 – 1
skaramangion, Byzantine dress 535
Skederid, Uppland, Sweden 65
Skegirsta, Lewis, Hebrides 398
Skegness, Lincolnshire, England 393
Skelbister, Orkney 397
The Skerries, Anglesey, Wales 404
Skewsby, Yorkshire, England 392
ski(s) 37 , 479 – 80
Skiðblaðnir 255
Skien, Norway 85
skiing 32 , 37
skin(s) 35 , 37 , 98 , 302 , 481 , 590
Skipnes, Tiree, Hebrides 398
Skíringssalr, Vestfold, Norway 65 , 88 , 112 – 20
Skírnir 227
Skírnismál 227 – 8 , 301 – 2
Skirpenbeck, Yorkshie, England 393 – 4
Skjoldungs 17 , 121
Skog, Hälsingland, Sweden 255 , 643
skógr 392
Skokholm, Pembrokeshire, Wales 404
Skomer, Pembrokeshire, Wales 404
skræling 594 , 613
Skreen, Co. Meath, Ireland 430
Skridefinnas 32
Skt Nikolaj Bjerg, Sebbersund, Jutland, Denmark
135 – 8
Skuld 238
Skuldelev, Sjælland, Denmark 175
Skuldelev 1 , ship 176
Skuldelev 2 , ship 175
Skuldelev 3 , ship 176
Skuldelev 5 , ship 176
Skúli Bárðarson, earl 312 – 3
skutilsveinn 312
Slagelse, Sjælland, Denmark 164
slash-and-burn culture 481
slave trade 151 , 441 , 449 , 506 , 510
slave(s) 1 , 24 , 47 , 49 – 55 , 87 , 94 , 259 , 266 – 7 , 321 ,
385 , 429 , 432 , 441 , 449 – 50 , 464 , 467 , 481 ,
498 , 500 , 509 – 10 , 545 , 555 – 8 , 564 , 571 , 606 ,
622
slavery 1 , 49 – 55 , 402 , 567 , 673
Slavic pottery 449 – 50
sledge(s) 188 , 262 , 324 , 328 , 330 , 478
sleds 479
Sleipnir 254 , 256
Slöinge, Halland, Sweden 16
Småland, Sweden 58 , 63 , 217 , 284 – 5 , 622 , 631 ,
634 , 652
Smalls Reef, Pembrokeshire, Wales 406
Smedby, Sweden 62
smithing 37 , 186 – 9 , 191 , 260 , 332 , 608
smith(s) 90 , 187 , 189 , 256 , 326 , 335 , 476 ,
520
smiths’ tools 326 , 520
smithy 122 , 191 , 332 , 476
Smolensk, Russia 262 , 478 , 500 , 504 , 520 , 526 ,
531
snaarroe 36
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