Rhone River,226Richard of Cirencester, chronicler, cited,210Richard, Duke of Normandy,38,40,53,62,266Ridings in Yorkshire,281Riga,258Righ, old Northern divinity,288,289Ringmere, battle of,43,294Ring-realm, district in Norway,243Rings, Scandinavian,296,303,304Ringsted, Danish city,282Robert, Archbishop of Rouen,62Robert, King of France,62Robert the Devil, Duke of Normandy,130,253-255,266,267Roeskild, capital of Denmark,8,14,15,45,57,190-192,221,260,261,282,327Roeskild Firth,6Rogaland, district in Norway,17Rolf, founder of Normandy,1,2,18Rome,148,152,166,167,202,211,221,224,227-229,234,252,262,265,269,270,341,345,346Rouen,62,127,181,254,255,262,266,294Route of the Danes to the west,49,226Rudolf, Bishop in Norway,193Rudolf, King of Burgundy,227,345Rügen, Island of,34"Rune-masters,"298,301Runes,298ff.Runic art,seeArtRunic inscriptions,6,7,14,17n.,30n.,35n.,42n.,76,113,134,135,151,194n.,237,299ff.,302Russia,16,244,250,287,288,319SSacrifices, old Northern,185,186Saga materials in old Northern poetry,293St. Alphege,seeAlphegeSt. Ansgar, missionary to the North,163St. Benet Hulme, monastery of,170,175St. Bertin, monastery of,226St. Brice,313St. Brice's day, massacre of,39,40,42St. Clemens, church of,103St. Cuthbert,172,176St. Dunstan,172,176,312St. Edith,171St. Edmund,55,95,169,170,172,176St. Felix,171,176St. Frideswide, church of,70St. Henry,seeHenry IISt. Mary Devon, church of,175St. Olaf,seeOlaf HaroldssonSt. Omer,226St. Paul,344St. Paul's, church of,172St. Peter,225,344,347St. Stephen,seeStephenSt. Thomas,290,291St. Vincent,313St. Wistan,171,175Saints,318Salop,79Sandefjord, town in Norway,304Sandwich,43,49,63,327Santslaue (Santslave), Canute's sister,57,262;seeSvantoslavaSarpsborg, city in Norway,208,220,243,287Saxo, Danish chronicler, cited,13,14,25n.,132,215,216Saxony,28,154Scalds,43,122,261,291ff.,326Scandinavia,16,22,28,48,60,72,180,231,233,257ff.,285,286,288,299,307,318,324,327et passimScandinavian colonies,16ff.,25,60,83,84,104,118,139,150,234,277,301,332Scania,3,4,12,121,135,180,190,192,214,216Schlei, inlet in Sleswick,5,268Scone,232Scotland,139-142,205,232-234,258,259,264,329Secular laws of Canute,276ff.Seine River,18Semland,258"Seven Boroughs," the,see"Five Boroughs"Severn Valley,21,39n.,96,136,202Shaftesbury,321Shakespeare,233Sheppey, Danish camp at,91-93Sherburne,313Sherstone, battle of,88,101,117Shetland Islands,17,259Shield, legendary Danish king,3Shieldings, legendary Danish dynasty,3,4,6Ship as numerical term,77Ships, Scandinavian,304,305Short Serpent, the, longship,82"Shrine Song," the, old Norse poem,319Sibyl, the, of the Eddas,188"Sibyl's Prophecy," the, old Northern poem,292,293,307;seeVoluspáSigeferth, magnate in the Danelaw,70,125Sigfrid, Bishop in Norway,192Sigfried,293,302,303Sighvat the Scald cited,206,226,234,252,262,294-296,304,318,319Sigrid, wife of Kalf Arnesson,245Sigrid the Haughty, Canute's stepmother,31,57,65,66,163Sigrun, saga heroine,293Sigurd, Bishop,seeSigfridSigurd, Earl Hakon's court bishop,251,264,315Sigurd, Norwegian earl,10Sigurd, saga hero,seeSigfriedSigvaldi, Earl at Jomburg,12,26,32,34,42,156,157Simeon of Durham, English chronicler, cited,80,141,142Siric, Archbishop of Canterbury,26,27Siward, Abbot of Abingdon,313Siward the Strong, Earl of Northumbria,121Skartha, Danish housecarle,30n.,56Skene, W.F., Scotch historian, cited,233Skiringshall, city in Norway,286Skjalg Erlingsson, Norwegian chief,207Skogul Tosti,seeTostiSlavic lands and peoples,3,8,9,14,15,34,126,151ff.,160,258,260,272,327,344Sleswick,3,160,268,269,282,286Slesswick, massacre at,66,96Snorre, Icelandic historian, cited,35,51,63,98,99,202,203,206,215,217,218,220,222,246,247,316,317et passimpassimSogn Firth,199Soli, Erling's garth,199,209,235,239Sönder Vissing, runic monument at,14"Song of the High One," the, old Northern poem,183,184Sortilege in the old Northern religion,187,188Sound, the,192,216,220,237Southampton,25,86South Jutland,4Southwark,51,173Spain,264Spey River,232Stadt, Cape,199,238,239Staffordshire,79Staller, Scandinavian official,282Stamford,20Stangeberg, battle of,216Stavanger,17,199Steenstrup, J.C.H.R., Danish historian, cited,19n.,30n.,57n.,109n.,157Stenkyrka Stone, pictured rock,302Stephen, King of Hungary,126,326Stigand, Anglo-Danish priest,169Stiklestead, battle of,163,245,250-252,292,294,314,315,319Stockholm,113Stord, battle of,10Storm, Gustav, Norwegian historian, cited,43n.Strathclyde,140"Stretch Song," the, old Northern poem,294,296Styrbjörn, Earl at Jomburg,12,14,15,26,30Suffolk,91Surety, old English,280Sussex,49Svantoslava,57;seeSantslaueSveno, Danish chronicler, cited,131Swald, battle of,34-36,42,68,69,76,82,116,192,242,294Swart, lord of the fire-world,188Sweden,11,12,26,30,33-35,48,81,130,134,152,167,180,185,186,192,201,202,204,207,208,211,237,264,271,286,303,336Swelchie, the, of Pentland Firth,249Sweyn, son of Canute and Elgiva,128;Earl in Wendland,159,241;regent in Denmark,211;regent in Norway,248-250,252,260,263,283,314,318-320,331,332;flees to Denmark,320,333;death of,320-322Sweyn, Danish housecarle,135Sweyn Forkbeard, King of Denmark, in rebellion againsthis father,13,14,156;King of Denmark,15ff.,192;plans of,16;viking activities of,23,25-28,37,293;family of,31,56,57;attacks King Olaf and acquires part of Norway,33-35,65;has designs on England,38,40,45ff.;conquers England,49-53,59,64,79;death of,54-58,60,66,170;character and personality of,55,56,163Sweyn Hakonsson, Norwegian Earl,35,69,80,81,197Sweyn Ulfsson, King of Denmark, Canute's nephew,223,224,338-340TTavistock, abbey of,125,167Tees River,120Thames River and valley,19,42,43,50,52,59,78,87,93,95,105,335Thanet, Isle of,25,43Thegns, king's,236,261Thetford,41Thietmar of Merseburg, German chronicler, cited,57n.,87,135,136Thingmen, Danish mercenaries in England,66-68,131Thor, old Northern divinity,181,182,185,201,307,309,318Thor the Dog, Norwegian magnate,200,239,245,250Thora, Arne's wife,200Thorarin Praise-tongue, scald,238,241,294,295,319Thord, thingman,67Thoretus, Earl in England,101Thorgils Sprakaleg, Swedish magnate,119,121Thorir, Norwegian chief,245Throndelaw, district in Norway,10,80,201,204,244,249,250,320,333Throndhjem,102,103,239,287;seeNidarosThrym, viking,44Thurbrand, Uhtred's banesman,80Thurgot, Danish warrior,135Thurkil, son of Nafena, chief in the Danelaw,79,81-83Thurkil Mareshead,43Thurkil Nefja,82;seeThurkil, son of NafenaThurkil the Tall, viking chief, Canute's foster father,32,76,116,117,241;leads Jomvikings in England,42,52,113,114,116,157,174;chief of the viking mercenaries in England,45-47,51,61,