vættir 240
vé/vi/væ 16 , 28 , 63 , 65 , 217 , 253
vébo ̨nd 26
veðr 391 , 394
Vejle Å, river, Jutland, Denmark 661
Veleda 218
Vellekla 224
Velikaya, river, Russia 485 , 523
Ven, island 58
Vendel, Uppland, Sweden 12 , 16 , 17 , 254 , 263 ,
265 , 517
venison 443
Verðandi 238
Ves 560
véseti 224
Vestfold, Norway 17 , 84 , 112 , 160 , 195 , 264 , 270 ,
326 , 647
vestrvegr 61
vés valdr 224
Vettrir/Vítrir 113
Vi/Væ 62 – 3
Vi- 223
Vi, Gästrikland, Sweden 62
Viatichi, Slavic tribe 496
Viborg, Denmark 164
vicus 6
vífill 224
Víga-Glúms saga 239 , 317
Vigdís Gíslsdóttir 44
Víglundar saga 317
vika 6
vik 6
Viken, Norway 6 , 118 , 647 – 8 , 652
Viking/viking, ON víkingr 3 , 5 – 7 , 193
The Viking Age 5
Viking armies 165 , 195 – 9
Viking art 323 – 36
Viking-age chronology 97
víkja 6
Viklingr, Hälsingland, Sweden 58
Viljandi, Estonia 485
villa 456
-vin 58 , 60
Vinland 316 , 563 , 566 – 9 , 594 , 604 – 11 ,
616
vínviðr 604 , 610
Vire, river, France 454
Visby, Gotland, Sweden 491
Visigothic kingdom 462
Visingsö, island, Sweden 671
Viskan, river, Sweden 58
Vita Ansgarii 87 – 8 , 95 , 177 , 492 , 622 – 3 ,
626
Vitebsk, Belarus 520
vittror 621
Vivallen, Härjedalen, Sweden 35 – 7
Vladimir, son of Sviatoslav 504 – 5 , 508 – 10
Vladimir, Russia 523
volcanic eruption 567 , 571
Volga, river 253 , 260 , 264 , 267 , 500 , 508 ,
520 , 522 – 4 , 544 , 550 , 552 – 3 , 555 – 6 ,
559
Volga-Bulgar dirhams 165
Volga Bulg(h)ars 162 , 523 , 543 – 5 , 547 , 553 ,
555 – 8 , 560
Volga Rus 552 – 3
Volga trade route 522
Volkhov, river, Russia 478 , 520 – 2
Volos, Slav god of herds 505
Vonsild, Jutland, Denmark 65
Vorbasse, Jutland, Denmark 71
Võrtsjärv, lake, Estonia 485
vrá 397
Vyshgorod, Ukraine 528
Vo ̨lsi 240
Vo ̨lsunga saga 306 , 320 – 1 , 442
Vo ̨lund 256
Vo ̨luspá 213 – 5 , 217 , 236 , 238 , 295
vo ̨lva (pl. vo ̨lur) 217 – 8 , 238 , 240 , 245 – 7 , 254 – 5 ,
642Wadbister, Shetland 397
wagon(s) 188 , 262
Waldhufendörfer 72
Wales 2 , 53 , 328 , 359 – 61 , 391 , 395 , 398 ,
401 – 8
Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England 372
Wallonia, Belgium 53
walnut(s) 608 , 610 – 11
walrus(es) 35 , 188 , 545 , 591
walrus ivory 132 , 590 , 593 – 4 , 599 , 613 – 14
walrus tusks 34 , 545 , 590
Waltham Abbey, Essex, England 371
Wantage, Berkshire, England 375 – 6–– Index––