wapentake(s) 26 , 375
war, warefare 1 , 50 , 53 , 86 , 150 , 174 , 186 – 7 ,
193 – 9 , 204 , 212 , 219 – 21 , 232 , 236 , 247 , 254 ,
267 , 304 , 312 , 344 – 5 , 368 – 9 , 429 , 431 – 2 ,
458 – 9 , 463 , 477 , 501 , 509 , 535 , 625 , 649 – 50 ,
655 , 669 , 672
Warank (Varangians) 550 , 560
warband(s) 62 , 199 , 346 , 419 , 450 , 509
war-charms 247
war god 16 , 77 , 97
warlord(s), war leader(s) 12 , 196 , 411 , 498 , 501 ,
669
warrior(s) 6 , 16 , 54 – 5 , 62 , 87 , 182 , 193 , 196 , 204 ,
207 , 219 – 21 , 224 , 242 , 247 , 254 , 261 , 270 ,
287 , 326 , 332 , 342 , 368 – 70 , 432 , 435 – 6 , 444 ,
447 , 450 , 460 , 497 , 503 – 5 , 509 – 10 , 532 , 560 ,
623 , 660 , 669
warrior culture 184
warrior elite 13 – 4 , 18
warrior ideology 242
warrior society 17 , 401
warship 103 , 140 , 174 , 179 , 479 , 656
washing board(s) 188
Waterford, Ireland 432 , 434 – 7
water jug(s) 547
water mill 445
Wath, Yorkshire, England 393
Watling Street, England 343 , 375 – 6
wattle and daub 67 , 143
wattlework 127
wax 473 , 481 , 498 , 532 , 545 , 555 , 565
waxed wooden tablets 509
Wayland myth 442
weak inflexion (gram.) 274
OE wealh (pl. wealas) 53
weapon(s), weaponry 2 , 13 , 15 – 16 , 26 , 36 , 62 , 77 ,
79 , 81 , 97 , 114 , 133 , 146 , 179 , 187 – 9 , 197 ,
204 – 9 , 219 , 247 , 249 , 260 , 266 , 268 , 323 , 357 ,
368 – 70 , 387 , 441 , 444 , 447 , 449 , 459 – 60 , 472 ,
476 – 8 , 490 – 1 , 519 – 20 , 522 – 3 , 525 – 6 , 528 – 30 ,
535 , 545 – 6 , 560 , 564 – 5 , 606 , 613 , 613 , 639
weapon grave(s) 205 , 208
weather-vanes 332
weaver(s) 15
weaving 96 , 183 – 4 , 188 , 191 , 238 , 415 , 520 ,
643
Weddersbie, Fife, Scotland 394
week 6
weight (-money) system 92 , 152 , 377 , 547
weight(s) 35 , 81 , 92 , 98 , 104 , 135 – 6 , 146 , 152 ,
162 , 167 , 184 , 188 , 406 , 437 , 474 , 521 , 547 ,
584 , 656
weight economy 35 , 98 , 152 , 166 – 7 , 547
weiha 223
Wessex, England 32 , 34 , 150 , 194 – 5 , 198 – 9 ,
341 – 6 , 356 , 371 – 2 , 375 , 380 , 402 , 654 , 665
West Heslerton, Yorkshire, England 372
Western Settlement, Greenland 567 , 588 – 9 ,
591 – 2 , 594 , 599 – 600
Westphalia 642
Wetherby, Yorkshire, England 391
Wexford, Ireland 432 , 434
whale(s) 37 , 188 , 455 , 599 , 614
whalebone(s) 98 , 127 , 188 , 415
whalers 455
Wharram Percy, Yorkshire, England 370 – 1
whetstone(s) 112 , 127 , 135 , 187 , 382 , 471 , 567 ,
613 , 615 , 656
Whinburgh, Norfolk, England 393
Whiteness, Orkney and Shetland 396
White Sea 472
Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland 406
wic(s) 6 , 150 , 372
wicing(as) 6 , 193 , 355
Widukind of Corbey, Saxon chronicler 657
Wiking 354
William the Conqueror, duke of Normandy 347 ,
380 , 403
William Longsword 454 , 457
Wilton, Wiltshire, England 372
Winchcombe Psalter 333
Winchester, England 166 , 372
Winchester style 330 , 333
windmill 123
wine 270 , 382 , 443 , 510 , 532 , 566 , 568 , 604 , 610
winja 58
winter solstice 123
Wirral, England 377 , 401 , 404
Wiskiauten (or Kaup), Prussia 517 – 19 , 531
Wisła, river, Poland 150 , 274
witan 665
Witherlogh 27
wolf(s) 239 , 254 , 482
Wolf’s Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales 404–– Index––