Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 243 pages of information about Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time.

Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 243 pages of information about Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time.

  Dufnjal.

  Dugald, king of Sudreys;
    intercepted the Scotch fine on C.

  D’Umphraville, Gilbert—­earl of Angus;
    m.  Matilda, countess of Angus.

  D’Umphraville, Gilbert—­earl of Angus;
    son of Matilda.

  Dunadd.

  Dunbar, Sir Archibald; Scottish Kings, q.v.

  Dunbarton, Dun-bretan, fort of the Britons.

  Duncan I;
    parentage;
    Karl Hundason;
    at North Berwick;
    defeated by earl Thorfinn off Deerness;
    and at Turfness;
    his death and age;
    created Moddan, his sister’s son, earl of Caithness.

  Duncan II, king of Scotland;
    son of Malcolm and Ingibjorg.

  Duncan, earl;
    father of Dufnjal.

  Duncan, earl of Angus.

  Duncan, maormor of Duncansby;
    m.  Groa;
    his dau.  Grelaud.

  Duncan, earl of Fife;
    dau.  Afreka m.  Harald Maddadson.

  Duncansby or Dungallsby.

  Dundas, Sir David.

  Dunfermelyn, Reg.

  Dunfermline;
    Bishop Andrew a Culdean monk of.

  Dungal’s Noep, C.;
    battle.

  Dunkeld;
    clergy of Iona removed to, eccl. capital for Scots and Picts;
    capital of southern Picts;
    bishopric founded;
    Andrew, bishop of Caith., abbot of.

  Dunnet Head.

  Dunrobin;
    glen;
    charter room;
    Robert, legendary 2nd earl of Sutherland, founder (?);
    MS. of Constitution of diocese;
    Norse derivation.

  Dunskaith, Castle of.

  Dunstable, Annals of.

  Durness (Dyrness);
    clan Mackay;
    in old earldom of Caithness;
    Asleifarvik, anchorage of Hakon’s fleet;
    raided by Norse in retreat from Largs;
    Seanachaistel, chaistel;
    MacHeth settlement.

  Egilsay;
    martyrdom of St. Magnus;
    bishop John from Athole visited.

  Einar Oily-tongue;
    slew Havard jarl.

  Eindridi;
    wrecked off Shetland;
    sailed with earl Ragnvald to the East;
    his treachery;
    and desertion.

  Ekkjal, Norse name of Oykel.

  Ekkjals-bakki;
    southern limit of conquest of earl Sigurd I;
    indentification disputed;
    earl Paul’s journey to Athole;
    in Sweyn’s track to burn Frakark;
    Atjokl’s bakki.

  Eclipse of sun in Orkney, Augt. 5th, 1263.

  Eddirdovir, castle of, at Redcastle.

  Eddrachilles.

  Edgar, claimant to Scottish crown.

  Einar Sigurdson, earl;
    his slaughter.

  Elgin;
    cathedral, built by Andrew, bishop of Moray;
    records;
    Johanna granted lands in Strathnaver for the cathedral;
    constitution of diocese based on Lincoln;
    guides for Sweyn.

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