character of,23,24,84;treats with the vikings,27,29,30;attacks the Northmen in Cumberland and Man,37,38;marries Emma of Normandy,38;orders massacre of St. Brice's day,39,40;prepares a fleet,42,101;resists Sweyn,51;flees to Normandy,53,54;is recalled and expels Canute,59,62;objects to Edmund's marriage,71;illness and death of,77,83,86;sons and daughters of,53,105,117,124-127,146,253,254,256,266;legislation of,42,139,164,194Ethelric, Bishop,223Ethelstan, King of England,181Ethelward, English noble,95Ethelwerd, Earl,120Ethics of Norse heathendom,183ff.Evesham, monastery of,171,175,176,191Exeter,41,175Exeter Codex,297FFaroe Islands,17,259Fenlands, the,79,313,325Ferm, English,284Festivals, old Northern,186-188Fife,206,234Finnvid Found, ancestor of the Arnungs,199"Five Boroughs," the,20,50"Five hide system," the,284Flanders,190,226,261,264,337Fleet (described),49,73,214,238;seeShipFlorence of Worcester, cited,27,72,92n.,97-99,106,126,209,247,249Forest laws,279Forth, Firth of,139,232France,264,266Frankpledge,280Franks,307Frey, old Northern divinity,182,183,185,187,199Friesen, Otto von, Swedish runologist, cited,113,114n.Frigg, old Northern goddess,308Fulbert, Bishop,227Funen, Danish Island,190,287"Fyrd," the,77n.Fyris River, battle of,12,26GGainsborough, Danish camp at,50,52,54,58,59,128Garth, the royal,290,291Gaul,74Gaut River,287,336Gaulland,208Gemot, at Eanham,42;at London,44,105,125;recalls Ethelred,59;at Oxford,69,70,139,164,166,334,335;elects Edmund,86;other, elects Canute,86;at Cirencester,144;at Winchester,312Gerbrand, Bishop,190,191,272Germans in South Jutland,4;in Slavic lands,153,154;influence of, on Northern culture,307,328Germany,48,158,189,226,236,269Gillingham,88Gisela, Empress,227Giski, Isle of,199Glastonbury,174,192Gleeman,292Gloucestershire,96,172Godebald, Bishop of Scania,192Godescalc, Slavic prince,263Godric, English Earl,120Godwin, Ealdorman,95Godwin, Earl of Wessex, early history of,119-121;important position of,133,150-152;accompanies Canute on his expeditions to the east,159,236,237;supports Harthacanute against Harold,332,334;secures the crown for Edward,339Gokstad, ship found at,304Gorm, King of Denmark,3-7,14,205,241,338Gotland,287Greenland,17,259Greenwich,54,61,86Grimkell, Norse bishop,193,194,273,315,316Gudrun, saga heroine,293Gunhild, Canute's daughter,129,160,268,320,322Gunhild, Canute's niece,247,249Gunhild, Canute's sister,262,263Gunhild, Harold Bluetooth's Queen,14,15Gunhild, Harold Bluetooth's daughter,15,39Gunhild, Sweyn's Queen, Canute's mother,31,56,65,156Gunnor, Emma's mother,129Gunvor, Norwegian woman,302Gyrith, Harold Bluetooth's Queen,14,15;seeGunhildGytha, Canute's sister,33,56,121HHakon the Bad, Earl of Norway,3,10,11,16,28,29,118,121,149,197,293Hakon Ericsson, Earl in Norway,69,80,120,251,264;driven out by Olaf the Stout,74;Earl in England,75,119,149,150,202,203;viceroy in Norway,241,242;recalled by Canute,247;death of,248,250Hakon the Good, King of Norway,9,10,181,192Hakon of Stangeby,214Hakon, viking prince,15Hall, old Northern,289ff.Halldor the Unchristian, scald, cited,34Hällestad Stone, the,76,77n.Hallfred Troublousscald cited,82,308Hamburg-Bremen, see of,55,160,190,191,271-273Hampshire,167Harek of Tjotta, Norwegian magnate,200,239,245,250Harold, Earl, son of Godwin,152Harold, Earl, son of Thurkil the Tall,32,117,147,211,241,249,252,314Harold Bluetooth, King of Denmark,6-8,13-15,25,155,156,158Harold Fairhair, King of Norway,9,28,80Harold Grayfell, Norwegian King,9,10Harold Harefoot, Canute's son,128,129,211,322;King of England,333-336;death of,336,337;character of,337Harold Sweynsson, King of Denmark, Canute's brother,48,56,58,64,65,108,138Harthacanute, Canute's son, present at the translation ofSt. Alphege,173,211;regent and King of Denmark,129,208,211,212,214,215,241,242,260,314,320,331ff.;King of England,129,133,332ff.;compact of, with Magnus,98,99;probably chosen to succeed Canute,260,332,333;death of,322,339;character of,338Hastings, battle of,267Hawking,302"Head Ransom," the, old Norse poem,295Heathby, Danish city,282,286Heathendom in England,139,147,163,277;among the Slavs,154;in the North,163,180ff.,197,201,285,302;Canute's legislation against,177-179,274ff.,343Hebrides Islands,18,25Helgi, saga hero,293Heming, Thurkil the Tall's brother,43,67,68Heming, Thurkil's grandson,249Henry I, King of France,255,266Henry II, Emperor,48,160,267,326Henry III, Emperor,160,268,320Henry the Fowler, King of Germany,5,268Henry of Huntingdon cited,89Heorot,6"Here," the, viking host,77n.Hereford,94Heroic poetry, old Northern,293Hildebrand,270Hjörunga Bay, battle of,12-14,16,26,68,116Holy River, battle of,167,216ff.,220,222,224,235,265,294Holy Trinity, Church of the,8,14,57,222Home, Scandinavian,288,289Hönen, runic monument at,17n.Honour, Northern ideas of,281Hordaland, district in Norway,17Hornel-mount, the,238Hostages,50,63,64,147,238,242,327House, old Northern,289ff.Housecarles, Canute's,131-135,173,237,261,282,334Hugo, Norman commander at Exeter,41Humber River,27,49,75,79Hungary,126,340Hude Register,56IIceland,17,22,259,283India,291Industrial arts, Northern,304ff.Inscriptions,seeRunic inscriptionsInstituta Cnuti,278Ireland, Scandinavians in,18,60,61Irish Sea, viking rendezvous,24-26,37,45,60;cities near,287,330Italy,48,229,267Ivar White, Canute's housecarle,222JJæderen, district in Norway,199Jehmarc, vassal of Canute,232,233Jelling, royal residence in Jutland,4-6,14Jelling Stones, runic monuments,6,7Jemteland, district in Sweden,258Jersey, Island of,254Jewelry, old Northern,303John XIX, Pope,230,270,345Jom,seeJomburgJomburg, city and stronghold in Wendland,8,12,14,32,40,154ff.,158,159,241,248-250,258,260,314Jomvikings, attack Sweden and Norway,12,13,26;take part in the battle of Swald,33,34;attack England,42ff.,157;enter English service,44-46,48,54;hostle to the Danish kings,156;saga of,66;tactics of,77and n.;organisation of,132,155,156Julin,seeJomburgJumièges, William of,seeWilliamJumneta,seeJomburgJusticiar, Norman official,111Jutland (and Jutes),3-5,10,158,163,180,212,214,241,267KKalf Arnesson, Norwegian magnate,245-247,250,251,319Kent,49,75,92Kingscrag, city in modern Sweden,208,213,287King's Delf,314Kingship, joint,335Knytlingasaga,323Knytlings, dynasty of Canute,2,35,300,322,324,337,340Kurisches Haff,158LLakenheath,170Lambert, Canute's Christian name,164,165,325Lambeth,339Lateran synod (1027),228Law, Scandinavian ideas of,281,282"Laws of Edward," the,278-280"Lay of Righ," the, old Northern poem,288,289Legislation, English,139,164,172,274ff.,342,343Leicester,20Leif the Lucky, Icelandic explorer,17Leofric, Earl of Mercia,151,334Leofwine, Earl of Mercia,120,121,124,150-152Lethra (Leire),6Libentius, Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen,273,274Liber Vitæ,323;seeHyde RegisterLiebermann, F., German historian, cited,278Liffey River,18Lifing, Archbishop,166-169,270,341Lifing, Bishop of Crediton,166-168,176,229,339Lime Firth,214,216,236-238Limerick,287Lincoln,20,61,79Lindsey,50,