snake(s) 254 – 6
Snælaug Högnadóttir 43
snare(s) 482
Snelsetter, Orkney 397
Snoldelev runestone, Sjælland, Denmark 217
Snorra Edda, see Prose Edda
Snarravoe, Shetland 396
Snorra Edda, see the Prose Edda
Snorri Sturluson 17 , 25 , 28 , 32 , 34 , 40 , 42 – 44 ,
141 , 214 – 6 , 224 , 228 , 231 – 2 , 236 – 7 , 244 , 250 ,
257 , 270 , 293 – 6 , 299 , 301 , 304 , 309 , 311 – 4 ,
477 – 8 , 646 , 668 – 9
Snorri’s Edda, see the Prose Edda
soapstone(s) 98 , 103 , 112 , 127 , 135 , 187 , 382 ,
415 , 418 , 613 , 656
soapstone vessels 415 , 418
Söderala, Hälsingland, Sweden 64 , 332
Söderala weather-vane 332
Söderby runestone, Gästrikland, Sweden 283 – 4
Södermanland, Sweden 58 , 60 , 251 , 253 , 286 , 332 ,
622 , 640
Sogn, Norway 58 , 334 , 642 , 647
sokemen 377
Solveig Sæmundardóttir 44
Somerled of Argyll 411
Sorbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland 394
sorcerer(s), sorceress(es) 239 , 244 – 8 , 268 , 309 , 567
sorcery 244 – 8 , 268
Sorte Muld, Bornholm, Denmark 12 , 16
Sörviksta, Hälsingland, Sweden 58
Sösjön, Jämtland, Sweden 37
Sowerby (several places), England 391 , 395
spádís 239 – 40
Spain 330 , 462 – 8 , 543 , 545 – 6 , 550 – 2 , 557 , 559
spatial history 57
spear(s) 204 , 206 – 9 , 406 , 476 – 7
spearheads 133 , 206 – 9 , 254 , 491
spike(s) 138 , 529
Spillings hoard, Gotland, Sweden 165 , 189
spindle whorls 135 , 183 – 4 , 186 , 188 , 521 , 568 ,
581
spring(s) 217 , 249 , 393 , 565
spring assembly, see várþing
spur(s) 79 , 206 , 447
spur-mounts 386
squirrel 35 , 37 , 91 , 98 , 532 , 545
Sqydya (Scandia) 551
St Adalbert 208
St Botvid 622
St-Brieuc, Brittany, France 459
St Cadog 403
St David 622
St David’s monastery, Pembrokeshire, Wales 402
St Deiniol, monastery, Bangor, Wales 405
St Do Chonna 428
St Dogmaels, monastery, Pembrokeshie, Wales 402
St Elav 622
St Elin 622
St Erik 643 , 672
St Eskil 622
St George 143
St Gertrud 143
St Knútr 643
St Lars 143
St Mary Hill, Glamorgan, Wales 406
St Nikolai 143
St Óláfr (Olof, Olav) 143 , 627 , 643 ,
St Patrick’s Island, Co. Dublin, Ireland 428
St Paul’s Cathedral runestone, London 333
St Per 143
St Sigfrid 622
St Sofia Cathedral, Novgorod 534 – 5
St Staffan 622
St Sunniva 622
stabbing 266
Stackhoull, Shetland 396
Stackpole, Pembrokeshire, Wales 404
The Stacks, Wales 404
-stad (ON -staðir) 58 , 59 , 397 – 8
staff 28 , 86 – 7 , 227 – 8 , 245 , 247 , 254 , 268 , 281 ,
642
stalli, stallr 565
stalotomter 37
Stamford, Lincolnshire, England 343 , 372
Stamford Bridge, Yorkshire, England 5 , 347 , 380 ,
648
Starokievskaia Hill, Kiev 505
Staraya Ladoga (Staraja, Staraia Ladoga) 97 – 8 ,
151 – 2 , 188 , 190 , 496 , 498 , 509 – 10 , 520 – 1 ,
534 – 5
state formation (rikssamling, riksbildning) 23 ,
150 , 170 , 490 – 1 , 529 – 31 , 646
Stavanger, Norway 646 , 649
stave church(es) 188 , 320 , 582–– Index––