Egil’s Saga (54 page)

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Authors: E. R. Eddison

E
RIC’S SONS
: go with their mother to Denmark after their father’s death 154; K. Hakon’s mistrust of them 163, 167; Arinbiorn joins them 165–6; take kingdom in Norway 194; their strife with Earl Hakon the Great
ibid.
(See Harald Greycloak)

E
RIC
, E
ARL
: s. of E. Hakon the Great 223. 244–5, 261, 265, 310–1

R
EIC THE
R
ED
: 266

E
RIC
, K
ING OF
S
WEDEN
: 256

E
RLING THE
W
EALTHY
(Erlingr enn auðgi): 71

E
RLING
S
KIALGSON
(Skjálgsson): 257, 265

E
RNE
: cutting of, on the back, 279

E
YSTEIN THE
E
VIL
(Eysteinn enn illi): 257

E
YVIND
B
RAGGART
(Eyvindr skreyja): brother of Q. Gunnhild; big and strong and a very masterful man, much esteemed by the K. and Q. but not well loved of the folk; commissioned by his sister to slay Thorolf Skallagrimson, but cannot get at him 95; so, for want of a better, slays Thorvald; having ‘slain in the sanctuary’, has to fare abroad; comes to Denmark and wards it against vikings for K. Harald Gormson 96; lies out with his ships for Egil off Jutland Side; surprised and defeated by E., escapes by swimming; E.’s stave upon him 97; this in part the cause of his sister’s hatred of E. 115. 278–9

E
YVIND
L
AMBI
(lambi): elder s. of Berdla-Kari, and a messmate of Thorolf Kveldulfson 1–2; 8; 12; in the stem of K. Harald’s ship at Hafrsfirth 14; helps to bury his kinsman Thorolf after the burning of Sandness 41; weds Th.’s widow, Sigrid, and dwells at Sandness; his descendants 42

E
YVIND
R
ENTCHEEK
(kinnrifa): 276

E
YVIND
S
KALDSPILLER
(skáldaspillir): the great skald; a grandson of Eyvind Lambi 42. 265, 302

F
AEREYS
(Færeyjar); the Faroe Isles 6. 258

F
AFNIR
: 248

F
ARAVID
(Faravið): king of Kvenland 25–6; 30. 263

F
ATALISM
: xxv–xxviii. 272, 282

F
AXA
F
LOW
(Faxaflói): Icel. 266, 268, 270

F
EE
: 254

F
ELL
: 262

F
ELLOWSHIP
: with the Gods, xxiii, xxv, xxviii

F
ENHRING
: Norw. 71; 127; 156

F
EY
: 282, 293

F
IALIR
(Fjalir): Norw., a folkland between Sogn and the Firths 5; 95

F
IELD, THE
(Völlr): Icel. 44

F
INN
-F
ARE
: 260

F
INNMARK
(Finnmörk): mod. Lapland 24; described 25; 27; 30–1. 260

F
INN
S
KIALG
(Finnr enn skjálgi): 42

F
INNUR
J
ÓNSSON
, D
OCTOR
: xiv; also
þassim
in the Notes

F
IRSOUND
(Furusund): Norw., in the Sondfjord 32

F
IRTH
-F
OLK
(Fjarðarfylki): see the Firths

F
IRTHS, THE
(Firðir): Norw., a folkland and ancient kingdom 2; 4–6; 22; 36; 45; 62–3; 69; 71; 93; 95; 113; 118; 134; 155; 160; 194; 199

F
ITIAR IN
S
TORD
(Fitjar): Norw., the scene of a great battle in 960, when K . Hakon Athelstane’s-Fosterling defeated Gunnhild’s sons but lost his life 68; 194. 265, 278–9, 288,
302

F
ITZGERALD
, E
DWARD
: 231

F
LANDERS
(Flæmingjaland): 98

F
LEETLITHE
(Fljótshlíð): Icel., in the S. country 44

F
LOKADALE
(Flókadalr): Icel., N.E. from Burgfirth 74; 218

F
LOKADALESWATER
(Flókadalsá): river 58; 74

F
LOKI
(Flóki): 255;
258

F
LOSI
: the burner, xxx. 246, 265, 311

F
LUGUMYRI
(Flugumýri): 265, 306

F
OLD
, THE
(Foldin): Norw., the mouth of the Oslofirth 35

F
OLK
-V
ANGR
: one of the heavenly mansions 300

F
RANKLIN
: 254, 273

F
REEDMAN
: 254

F
RENCH
R
OMANCE
: xxix

F
REY
(Freyr): the God 134; 198. xxii, xxiii

F
REYFAXI
: xxiii. 258

F
REYJA
: the Goddess 188. 300

F
REY’S
-P
RIEST
: see Hrafnkel, Thorgrim

F
RIDGEIR
(Friðgeirr): sister’s s. to Arinbiorn the Hersir 151; bidden by Ljot to the holmgang; not strong, and had never stood in battles; Ljot thinks him small game 152–3; his gratitude to Egil for slaying L. 155; Arinbiorn recalls this 163

F
RISLAND
(Frísland): 96; 164–5

F
RODI
(Fróði): kinsman and fosterson of K. Eric Bloodaxe, set by him in Alrekstead to protect Bergonund 125; goes to B. at Ask 126; goes out with B. and Hadd to hunt the bear 128; slain by Egil 129

F
URS
: see Grey-wares

F
YRISFIELD
(Fyrisvellir): in Sweden; scene of the defeat of Styrbiorn by K. Eric the Victorious 290

G
ARDAR
(Garðarr): 258

G
ARPR
: 258

G
ARTH
: 267

G
ARTH
-R
EALM
: = Russia 262

G
ATHORNE
H
ARDY
, G.: 256, 258

G
AULAR
: Norw., in the Sondfjord, a famous temple-stead 2; 95

G
AUT
-E
LF
(Gautelfr): also called the Elf; mod. Göta-Elf, the great river betwixt Norw. and Sweden 32; 35

G
AUTLAND
: 183. 298

G
EIR THE
W
EALTHY
(Geirr enn auðgi): s. of Ketil Blund; weds Thorunn, Skallagrim’s d. 74; 218

G
EIRLAUG
: d. of Eyvind Lambi 42

G
EIRMUND
H
ELLSKIN
(Geirmundr heljarskinn): 185

G
EIRSLITHE
(Geirshlíð): Icel. 74

G
IANTSTEAD
(Þursstaðir): near Burg 56

G
ISLI
S
URSON
(Gísli Súrsson): 273, 299

G
IZUR
, ‘E
ARL
’ (Gizurr): 306

G
LAM
(Glámr): an evil ghost xxiv

G
LUM
: see Viga-Glum

G
OÐI
: see Priest

G
ODDESSES
: 274

G
ODREK
(Goðrekr): an English earl 99; slain in battle against Olaf the Scots-King 100; 101

G
ODS
: xxii–xxviii

G
OLD
: 260

G
OLD
-H
ARALD
(Gull-Haraldr): brother’s s. of K. Harald Gormson, helps Earl Hakon in his victory over K. Harald Greycloak at the Neck 200. 251

G
ONDUL
(Göndul): see Valkyries

G
ORDON
, P
ROFESSOR
E. V.: xxxi–xxxii

G
ORGEWATER
(Gljúfrá): Icel. 56; 57; 210; 215

G
ORM THE
O
LD
(Gormr enn gamli): King of the Danes, 90. 256, 271

G
OSSIP
: 261

G
RANI
: Steinar’s thrall 205

G
RANI’S
-
GATE
(Granahlið): Icel. 205

G
RANISTEAD
(Granastaðir): Icel. 56; 75

G
REEK IDEAL
: xxxii

G
REENLAND
: 266

G
RETTIR
: 244

G
REY-WARES
: 263

G
RIM
(Grímr): a follower of Skallagrim 46

G
RIM
: s. of Bard Bryniolfson 13

G
RIM
G
OATSHOE
(geitskór): XX

G
RIM
: s. of Hegg of Heggstead, slain by Egil 75

G
RIM
H
AIRYCHEEK
(loðinkinni): 146

G
RIM THE
H
ALOGALANDER
(enn háleyski): a shipmate of Kveldulf’s, takes command after K.’s death; finds K.’s chest come ashore at Burg 54; and shows it to Skallagrim; Sk. gives him land at Hvanneyri 55; 116

G
RIM
K
VELDULFSON
(Kveldúlfsson): see Skallagrim

G
RIM
S
VERTINGSON
(Svertingsson): of Mossfell; sometime Speaker of the Law, weds Egil’s step-daughter Thordis 185; E. goes to dwell with him in his old age 203; 209; his saying to E., ‘Less mocked women at us’ etc. 219; dissuades E. from riding to the Thing to ‘sow’ his treasure 221; lays E. in howe; takes christening; a church built by him at Bushbridge 222. 299

G
RIM
: eldest s. of Thorstein Egilson 204; aet. 10, slays Steinar’s son of like age; dies of his wounds, and is buried in Grimsholt 216–7

G
RIMOLF
(Grímólfr): a follower of Skallagrim 46

G
RIMSHOLT
(Grímsholt): Icel. 217

G
RIMSWATER
(Grímsá): Icel., a tributary of Whitewater 55; 58; 76

G
RIOTGARD
(Grjótgarðr): s. of Hakon the Earl of Hladir; falls at Solskel 5

G
RISARTONGUE
(Grísartunga): Icel. 57; 215

G
RISS THE
F
REEDMAN
(Gríss lausingi): a follower of Skallagrim 47; 57

G
UDMUND
S
OLMUNDSON
(Guðmundr Sölmundarson): 186

G
UDRUN OF
L
AXRIVERDALE
(Guðrún): the heroine of
Laxdæla
304

‘G
UESTS
’: 264

G
UFA
(Gufá): Icel., a river of Burgfirth 54; 56; 184; 215

G
UFADALE
, G
UFAFIRTH
(Gufudalr, Gufufjörðr): Icel., on Bardarstrand, Broadfirth 185

G
UFANESS
(Gufunes): Icel., E. of Reykjavík 184

G
UFASCALES
(Gufuskálar): Icel.; there are two separate places (1) in the S.W. at Rosmhvalness; (2) in Burgfirth 184

G
ULA
-T
HING
(Gulaþing): Norw., the ancient Thing-stead for the Firths, Fialir, Sogn, and Hordaland, situated on the island of Gula in North Hordaland 117–22; 125; 149; 156–8. 284

G
UNNAR
(Gunnarr): Egil’s second son 159; his death 189

G
UNNAR
H
LIFARSON
(Hlífarson, i.e. son of Hlif): father in-law of Thorstein Egilson 203

G
UNNAR OF
L
ITHEND
: xxiv. 266

G
UNNAR
: of the old Brynhild-Volsung story 279

G
UNNHILD
(Gunnhildr): Queen of Norway; d. of Ozur Toti, wedded by K. Eric Bloodaxe on his Biarmaland expedition; beautiful, wise, and learned in art magic 71; great friends with Thorolf Skallagrimson 71, 94; 81; with K. Eric in Atley 82; Bard complains to her of Egil, and she helps him blend E.’s drink with venom 83; 86; taunts the K. for his mildness toward Skallagrim’s sons; the K.’s saying of her hounding of him on 94; bids her brothers slay Thorolf or Egil ‘and best if it were both’ at the spring sacrifice at Gaular; when this goes amiss bids them slay some man of theirs 95; Thorir the Hersir’s saying of her
ibid.
; sends her b. Eyvind into Denmark 96; her mind heavy towards Egil for his defeating of Eyvind by sea 115; her friendship for Bergonund 116; Arinbiorn’s saying of her 117; at the Gula-Thing, Bergonund boasts of her protection 119; mocks at the K.’s letting ‘this great Egil’ tangle all matters in his despite; sets on her b. Alf to break up the courts with violence 120; bears her eldest son (Harald Greycloak) 125; Egil, in a stave, recognizes her as his arch-enemy 126; 130; his scorn and curse upon her and the K. 131; flees the land with the K. and her children; works a spell to draw Egil from Iceland 134; 135; would have E. led out and hewn before the doors; Arinbiorn’s reply upon her 138; A. knows she will lay all her heart to work E.’s bane; the twittering swallow that hampered the composition of the
Höfuðlausn
seems to have been a sending of hers 139; charges Arinbiorn with preferring Egil before the K.; tries, by appealing to all the K.’s lowest motives, to prevent Egil’s getting a hearing, but A.’s appeal to higher motives prevails against her 140–1; 149; her power in her sons 150; after K. Eric’s death, goes with her sons to Denmark 159. xxx. 250,
271–2
, 284

G
UNNHILD
: d. of Biorn the Franklin by his second wife Alof 71; weds Bergonund 114; 119

G
UNNHILD
: d. of Earl Halfdan 42

G
UNNLAUG
H
ROMUNDSON
(Gunnlaugr): 116

G
UNNLAUG THE
W
ORMTONGUE
(ormstunga): hero of
Gunnlaug’s Saga
204; 223, 260, 293

G
UTTHORM
(Gutthormr): War-duke of K. Harald Hairfair’s host, and his mother’s brother; s. of K. Sigurd Hart 50–1; death of his sons 52–3. 256, 267, 268

G
YDA
(Gyða): d. of Thorir the Hersir; lives at Blindheim with her s. Fridgeir; entertains Egil 151; asks him to go with Fridgeir to meet Ljot 152

H
ADD
(Haddr): s. of Thorgeir Thornfoot and b. of Bergonund 71–2; goes to B. at Ask after the coming to naught of Egil’s suit at the Gula-Thing 125; sits with B. and Frodi late a-drinking; goes out to hunt the bear 128; slain by Egil 129

H
AENG
(Hængr): see Ketil Haeng

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